'A cleaner version of Hell'
(a division of the Department of Justice)- the daunting facility only takes-on the MOST dangerous and difficult-to-contain in the entire country...
So ADX Florence was built to provide a state-of-the-art facility where prison employees are never physically-exposed to these godless killing machines... and from where you'd have to be Superman to ever even think of busting-out.
And the Islamic terrorists we've slammed in there? Probably jealous of how good their craven brethren at Gitmo got it...
At ADX Florence each cell has a desk, a stool, and bed almost entirely made out of poured concrete, in addition to water with auto-shutoff, etc. Rooms can be equipped with polished steel mirrors bolted to the wall, faucet-free sink, an electric light, a radio, and a black and white television that shows recreational, educational, and religious programming.
Tall, narrow slit windows (4 x 48 inches) are specially designed to keep inmates from knowing their specific location within the complex: because they can see only the sky and roof, it is extremely difficult for them to plan any escape- how can you get somewhere when you don't even know where you are now? Similarly, inmates exercise in a concrete pit resembling a large, empty swimming pool- also designed to prevent them from gaining their bearings.
All telecommunication with the outside world is forbidden, and the prison features an incredible array of motion detectors and cameras- not to mention 1,400 remote-controlled steel doors. On the inside, visitors have describe ADX Florence as 'eerily quiet', and inmates have in-fact noted that sensory deprivation appears to be part of the plan-
that, along with 'extreme isolation'.
that, along with 'extreme isolation'.
For those who insist on being a menace to even prison society, there's the special segregation 'Z-unit', featuring 8.5x10ft solitary-confinement cells with sturdy metal restraining straps/rings on the (cement) bed, 24-hour surveillance, a soundproofed door, an even smaller window, and only a 1-hour daily exercise session (alone) in an outside cage directly attached to the cell
(that resembles a dog kennel).
(that resembles a dog kennel).
And if escape were to enter anybody's imagination, the perimeter of the facility is secured by pressure pads and 12-ft. (3.7 m) fences blossoming with razor-wire, and constantly patrolled on foot outside the fence.
Inmate Eric Rudolph -the Olympic Park bomber- said in a letter to a newspaper that ADX is meant to 'inflict misery and pain.'
A former ADX warden described the place as
'a cleaner version of Hell'- (as it should be!)
A former ADX warden described the place as
'a cleaner version of Hell'- (as it should be!)
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'Times Square Bomber' Faisal Shahzad |
BTW- Woody Harrelson's old man died in there,
thus completing his life sentence...
Bureau of Prisons BBC Everything & Anything
Wikipedia SometimesIntersesting
thus completing his life sentence...
Bureau of Prisons BBC Everything & Anything
Wikipedia SometimesIntersesting