What’s life like in Supermax prison?
When inmates arrive at the United States Penitentiary Administrative-Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado, it immediately becomes clear: ADX, the nation’s most secure Supermax prison ...
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What it's like inside the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies,' America's toughest prison
More than 40 US states run "super-maximum security" prisons for ... runs only one "Supermax:" the notorious US Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado.
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'El Chapo' enters US supermax prison in Colorado
El Chapo will serve his sentence at the Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) prison in Florence, Colorado -- known as ... and sent to the notorious supermax prison nicknamed the "Alcatraz of ...
Human Rights Watch1 年
III. Supermax Prisons and the Psychological Effects of Isolation
In 1995 a federal court examining the Security Housing Unit (SHU) of the Pelican Bay State Prison—a California supermax —found that “many, if not most, inmates in the SHU experience some ...