Human Rights Watch1y
III. Supermax Prisons and the Psychological Effects of Isolation
54 Even prisoners at ADX-Florence enjoy certain privileges that are denied detainees at Guantanamo. The country’s only federal supermax prison, ADX-Florence houses convicted criminals believed ...
FOX31 Denver1y
Suspect in Nassar stabbing tried to kill Supermax inmate
The inmate, identified as Shane McMillan ... and attempting to stab another inmate to death at the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado in 2011, court records show.
The Vindicator3y
Counting inmates for city wards results in conflict
Counting inmates in the private prison and the supermax means about one in every five residents in the 2nd Ward is incarcerated. “City council is supposed to represent those who live in those ...
Post and Courier15d
An inmate was found dead at the Florence County jail. SLED will investigate, sheriff says.
FLORENCE — An inmate at the Florence County Detention Center died in the late afternoon of Jan. 29, the Florence County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. Florence County Sheriff TJ Joye ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
To make the case that the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter should die, prosecutors note that he’s a model prisoner
Bowers’ attorneys have been arguing that the federal Bureau of Prisons would likely consign Bowers to ADX Florence ... experts to note allowances: Prisoners at Supermax create art that is ...
Business Insider India9y
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.