Supermax prison - Wikipedia
A super-maximum security (supermax) or administrative maximum (ADX) prison is a "control-unit" prison, or a unit within prisons, which represents the most secure level of custody in the prison systems of certain countries.
Maximum security prison - Wikipedia
Maximum security prisons and supermax prisons are grades of high security level used by prison systems in various countries, which pose a higher level of security to prevent prisoners from escaping and/or doing harm to other inmates or security guards.
No One Escapes From ADX Florence, Alcatraz of the Rockies - HowStuffWorks
2024年8月12日 · Just two hours outside of Denver, in a concrete pit among Rocky Mountain foothills, sits the highest-security prison in America. Its official name is the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility, but everyone calls it "ADX" or " ADX Florence."
List of United States federal prisons - Wikipedia
The most restrictive facility in the federal prison system is USP Florence ADMAX, the federal supermax prison, which holds inmates who are considered the most dangerous and in need of the tightest controls.
High-Security Prisons | United States Penitentiary - Law Offices of ...
2025年1月12日 · United States Penitentiaries are high- security prisons housing the most dangerous federal prisoners. Also known as a federal penitentiary, high- security federal prisons, and maximum security prisons. These institutions house a relatively small percentage of the federal prison system’s population.
U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum—ADX Supermax
2024年9月17日 · 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.
5 things to know about the ‘escape proof’ supermax prison
2024年7月31日 · Supermax prisons are the highest-level security prisons, designed to hold inmates that pose extreme security threats. Inmates have little to no time outside of their cells, very few activities and very little contact with other humans.
ADX Florence: The U.S.’s Most Secure Prison
ADX Florence, built south of Florence Colorado in 1994, is the maximum security prison in the United States prison system. Commonly referred to as a “Supermax” prison, it has 490 beds in a compound which encompasses 37 acres.
Supermax prison | Definition, Security & Controversy | Britannica
2024年12月20日 · supermax prison, correctional facility, or collection of separate housing units within a maximum-security prison, in the American prison system that is designed to house both inmates described as the most-hardened criminals and …
Maximum-Security State & Federal Prisons | Prison Profiles
See all prisons, penitentiaries, and detention centers under state or federal jurisdiction whose primary security level is Maximum.