Penal facility, jail, reformatory, detention center, work farm, halfway house, or residential community program center operated by, or under contract to, the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, or an Indian tribe, for the confinement or rehabilitation of persons charged with or convicted of a criminal offense or other persons held in lawful custody (i.e., juvenile offenders, aliens awaiting deportation, persons committed to mental institutions through the criminal justice system, witnesses, or others awaiting charges or trial).