Some camps are set up as open dorms, much the same as military barracks. Camps have no fence, gates, watchtowers, walls, bars or guard patrols. Camp inmates have great range of freedom. You are allowed to move about the facility at will without signed passes or hourly movement restrictions. More important, it allows you to serve the remaining six months of your sentence in either a halfway house or on house arrest.
Halfway house equates to work release.
Provided you are employed, you are released during normal working hours and must return to eat and sleep in the facility. You are allowed to return home on weekend passes provided you have no disciplinary problems. There are three camps currently in operation, for men in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and Lompoc, California, and one for women located in Bryan, Texas. Boot Camp consist of a six months program of strict discipline, labor intensive work assignments, academics, vocational training, drug education and counseling. Visiting is limited to Sundays and federal holidays and privileges such as television, radio, and telephone are limited.