Editing Fort Worth, Texas (section)

==== Federal facilities ====
[[File:FMCCarswelllargeimage.jpg|thumb|Federal Medical Center, Carswell]]

Fort Worth is home to one of the two locations of the [[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]]. In 1987, construction on this second facility began. In addition to meeting increased production requirements, a western location was seen to serve as a contingency operation in case of emergencies in the [[Washington Metropolitan Area|Washington, DC, metropolitan area]]; as well, costs for transporting currency to [[Federal Reserve System|Federal Reserve]] banks in [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco|San Francisco]], [[Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas|Dallas]], and [[Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City|Kansas City]] would be reduced. Currency production began in December 1990 at the Fort Worth facility;<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Fort Worth, TX Tours |url=https://www.moneyfactory.gov/fortworthtxtours.html |website=www.moneyfactory.gov |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=July 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713084533/https://moneyfactory.gov/fortworthtxtours.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the official dedication took place April 26, 1991. Bills produced here have a small "FW" in one corner.

The [[Eldon B. Mahon United States Courthouse]] building contains three oil-on-canvas panels on the fourth floor by artist [[Frank Mechau]] (commissioned under the [[Public Works Administration]]'s art program).<ref>Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal,  Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984</ref> Mechau's paintings, ''The Taking of Sam Bass'', ''Two Texas Rangers'', and ''Flags Over Texas'' were installed in 1940, becoming the only New Deal art commission sponsored in Fort Worth. The courthouse, built in 1933, serves the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas]] and was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001.<ref name="npgallery.nps.gov"/>

[[Federal Medical Center, Carswell]], a [[Federal Bureau of Prisons|federal]] prison and health facility for women, is located in the [[Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth]].<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=crw |title=FMC Carswell Contact Information |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802003115/http://www.bop.gov/DataSource/execute/dsFacilityAddressLoc?start=y&facilityCode=crw |archive-date=August 2, 2012 |website=[[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] |access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> Carswell houses the federal [[death row]] for female inmates.<ref>Marshall, John. "[http://www.semissourian.com/story/1323151.html Lisa Montgomery gets death penalty for killing pregnant woman]", ''[[Associated Press]]'' at the ''[[Southeast Missourian]]''. Friday April 4, 2008. Retrieved on October 3, 2010. "Department of Justice spokesman Don Ledford said Montgomery will likely be sent to the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, a women's correctional facility that has medical services for inmates." {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105102847/http://www.semissourian.com/story/1323151.html |date=November 5, 2013 }}.</ref> [[Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth|Federal Medical Center, Ft. Worth]], a [[Federal Bureau of Prisons|federal]] prison and health facility for men, is located across from TCC-South Campus. The [[Federal Aviation Administration]], [[National Archives and Records Administration]], and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] have offices in Fort Worth.