Phoenix, Arizona Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Federal government facilities=== The [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] operates the [[Federal Correctional Institution, Phoenix|Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Phoenix]], which is within the city limits, near its northern boundary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/phx/ |title=FCI Phoenix |publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons |access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> The [[Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse|Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse]], the U.S. District Court of Arizona, is on Washington Street downtown. It is named in honor of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], who was raised in Arizona.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azd.uscourts.gov/locations/phoenix |title=Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse |publisher=United States District Court, District of Arizona |access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> The Federal Building is at the intersection of Van Buren Street and First Avenue downtown. It contains various federal field offices and the local division of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/building/unitedstatesfederalbuildingandcourthouse-phoenix-az-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626050959/http://www.emporis.com/building/unitedstatesfederalbuildingandcourthouse-phoenix-az-usa |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2014 |title=United States Federal Building and Courthouse |publisher=emporis.com |access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> This building formerly housed the U.S. District Court offices and courtrooms, but these were moved in 2001 to the new Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Courthouse. Before the construction of this building in 1961, federal government offices were housed in the historic [[U.S. Post Office (Phoenix, Arizona)|U.S. Post Office]] on Central Avenue, completed in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gsa.gov/portal/ext/html/site/hb/category/25431/actionParameter/exploreByBuilding/buildingId/043# |title=Federal Building–U.S. Post Office, Phoenix, AZ |publisher=U.S. General Services Administration |access-date=April 4, 2014}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page