The United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility ( USP Florence ADMAX ), commonly known as ADX Florence or The Florence Supermax, is an American federal prison in Fremont County near Florence, Colorado, operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The ADX in Florence, Colorado, is the one and only federal "Supermax" prison, home to the most dangerous and escape-prone inmates in federal lockup. Among nearly 400 male inmates at ADX are several infamous characters.
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The 12 Most Notorious Inmates at the ADX in Florence, Colorado America's only federal supermax prison is home to some of the world's most dangerous criminals, including names you might recognize—Mexican kingpin El Chapo, Ted Kaczynski (aka the Unabomber), and Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. 1Notable former inmates Toggle Notable former inmates subsection 1.1Foreign terrorists 1.2Domestic terrorists America's toughest prison, ADX Florence, could be operating in contravention of US Constitution THIS prison is home to America's most disturbed minds, and it doesn't even bother to rehabilitate them. Some of the stories from inside are horrifying. Rohan Smith @ro_smith 5 min read April 1, 2015 - 8:32AM US Penitentiary Administrative Maximum, also known as ADX Florence, the "Alcatraz of the Rockies," and "Supermax," is a modern super-maximum security federal prison located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near Florence, Colorado.
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Off Colorado's Highway 67, the U.S.'s highest-security "supermax" prison, ADX Florence sits in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, which owns and operates the. 5880 HWY 67 SOUTH FLORENCE, CO 81226 Visiting Information How to send things here Resources for sentenced inmates Other facilities in this complex Driving Directions Job Vacancies Level 1 Operations Operational Levels Matrix Learn more.. Kenneth McGriff. Richard Lee McNair. Timothy McVeigh. Tarek Mehanna. Barry Mills (Aryan Brotherhood) Mohammed Ali Hassan Al-Moayad. Khalfan Khamis Mohamed. Zacarias Moussaoui. Ramsey Muñiz. The Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colorado, including the maximum-security ADX Florence, top right. Photograph: Kevin Kreck/AP
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The prison, ADX Florence, is one of the most secure federal prisons in the nation, which hosts other high profile inmates like al-Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui and Boston Marathon bomber. ADX Florence, constructed in 1994 and opened one year later, is classed as a supermax or "control unit" prison, that provides a higher, more controlled level of custody than a maximum security prison . ADX Florence forms part of the Federal Correctional Complex, Florence , which is situated on 49 acres of land and houses different facilities.
"ADX" is one of three facilities found in the Florence, Colorado Federal Correctional Complex, alongside separate medium security and high-security prisons. Without a single escaped convict in its history, the Alcatraz of the Rockies is the United States' only level six super-maximum security prison. ADX Florence Prison forms part of the Federal Correctional Complex in Florence (FCC Florence), which is situated on 49 acres of land and houses various facilities with differing degrees of security. It was commissioned when the Federal Bureau of Prisons needed a unit designed specifically for the secure housing of those prisoners most capable of extreme, sustained violence toward staff or.
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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, is. ADX has been operating since 1994 and it's the only prison in America that offers no real means of rehabilitation. Most of the people who end up there have either committed enough terrible acts that the system doesn't know what to do with them, or they've committed crimes against the American Government.
