{{Short description|Derisive term for prison with resort-like conditions}} {{For|the 1990 comedy film|Club Fed (film)}} {{use mdy dates |date=October 2019}} "'''Club Fed'''" is a derisive term used in North America to refer to a prison whose accommodations are seen as less severe than many other prisons. ''Club Fed'' is a pun on the "Club Med" chain of all-inclusive resorts.
In Canada, the Joliette Institution for Women was nicknamed "Club Fed" because of the prison's supposedly luxurious conditions and lax restrictions, claims the prison has denied.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fact.on.ca/newpaper/ts99110c.htm |title=Prison in Joliette is known as `Club Fed’|publisher=Fact.on.ca |date=1999-11-03 |accessdate=2024-09-12}}</ref> Also in Canada, the William Head Institution in British Columbia is known as "Club Fed" due to its pastoral country setting which includes tennis courts, a baseball diamond, and a small golf course.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://calgaryherald.com/infographic-a-look-inside-b-c-s-club-fed-prison|title=Infographic: A look inside B.C.'s 'Club Fed' prison|date=2016-03-09|work=Calgary Herald|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/mp-vows-to-look-into-summer-camp-like-conditions-at-b-c-prison|title=MP vows to look into 'summer camp-like conditions' at B.C. prison|date=2016-03-10|work=National Post|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.whitehorsestar.com/History/inmates-enjoy-superb-view-golf-course|title=Inmates enjoy superb view, golf course|work=Whitehorse Daily Star|date=December 1, 1998|access-date=2024-09-12|language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *List of U.S. federal prisons *Alderson Federal Prison Camp *{{section link|Incarceration in the United States|Security levels}} *Danbury Federal Prison
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Category:Prisons in the United States Category:Prisons in Canada Category:Pejorative terms