A Boeing 737 taxis to a ramp. [Credit: Jeff Bough Photo/ file photo]
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The article identifies the Federal Transfer Center at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport (KOKC) as a facility that appears to be an airport terminal but is, in fact, a prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
This facility serves as a crucial hub for the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS), a federal program responsible for transporting inmates across the U.S.
Opened in 1995, the center houses nearly 1,300 inmates and acts primarily as a layover point for prisoners, with JPATS described as the "only government-operated, regularly scheduled passenger airline in the nation."
When we think of lackluster airport terminals, the old LaGuardia (KLGA) concourses might come to mind. Perhaps the “temporary” Concourse C and D at Washington’s Dulles International Airport (KIAD) also tops the list.
But one terminal is probably unanimously disliked, and few will ever see it.
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