Most cells have televisions.Īccording to SF Gate, ADX “is the only prison specifically designed to keep every occupant in near-total solitary confinement.” 3. Inmates can see outside of their cell through a single window that is three feet high and four inches wide, according to the New York Times.
Staff members are carefully vetted and have little direct contact with inmates.Įach cell contains a bunk, desk, stool and shelf made of concrete, and a steel sink and toilet. Inmates are housed in soundproof, 7-by-12-foot cells for 23 hours of the day in permanent lockdown, with no contact with other inmates. Nicknamed the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” no one has escaped the facility, located in the high desert about two hours south of Denver, since it opened in 1994. ADX has a reputation for being “escape proof”Įl Chapo has escaped prison twice while being held by Mexican authorities – in 20.
Alcatraz is considered to be an early example of what would become the supermax model. Inmates have little to no time outside of their cells, very few activities and very little contact with other humans. Supermax prisons are the highest-level security prisons, designed to hold inmates that pose extreme security threats.
15, 2015 file photo shows a guard tower looming over a federal prison complex which houses a Supermax facility outside Florence, in southern Colorado.
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