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The Florence Supermax prison, known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” is what one former prison warden called a “clean version of hell.”
It’s a massive complex that houses the world’s most dangerous criminals. Anyone from Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can be found in this concrete cage nestled in a remote part of the Rocky Mountains.
Unlike most other prisons, where rehabilitation forms at least part of the overall purpose, in the Florence Supermax, there’s nothing of the sort. It’s all about segregation and control.
Whereas at other facilities, solitary confinement can be used as a temporary, punitive measure, here, it’s a daily reality. These prisoners are locked in their 7-by-12-foot cells for 23 hours a day with just one slit-shaped window for them to glimpse the empty sky outside.
It’s a massive complex that houses the world’s most dangerous criminals. Anyone from Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev can be found in this concrete cage nestled in a remote part of the Rocky Mountains.
Unlike most other prisons, where rehabilitation forms at least part of the overall purpose, in the Florence Supermax, there’s nothing of the sort. It’s all about segregation and control.
Whereas at other facilities, solitary confinement can be used as a temporary, punitive measure, here, it’s a daily reality. These prisoners are locked in their 7-by-12-foot cells for 23 hours a day with just one slit-shaped window for them to glimpse the empty sky outside.
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