[higgmeister]

I stand corrected. As the USAF does not have its own long-term 'care facility', anyone getting over a certain number of years went to Ft Leavenworth, Kansas (sent a few folks there myself, I'm proud to add...)

There is an Air Force Prison in Colorado Springs. I had an Airman working for me that had been there. Only the "day ladies" and his supervisor were told. He had been in a theft ring with his relatives, stealing fire extinguishers and test sets.

[Al Simmons]

Yes, the AF has short-term confinement facilities - but if the sentence was over a certain number of years (was it 5? I can't recall exactly), then they went to Leavenworth.

All I remember is that in 1995 I not only got a 'date rapist' convicted, but also sent him to Leavenworth for 6 years. The judge threw the book at him. He would have been better off with a jury, but his civilian defense lawyer made a bad tactical mistake to go 'judge alone'.

P.S. It wasn't really a date. He lured a member of his squadron to his pad under the pretense of watching a football game and then attacked her.