Officially called the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence—and colloquially known as the "Alcatraz of the Rockies"—the ADX is the highest-security federal Updated on January 29, 2020. 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. Opened in 1994, the ADX Supermax facility was designed to incarcerate and ADX Florence. 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.. The objective is to provide long-term, segregated housing for inmates classified as the highest security risks in the prison system and those who pose an |bor| zxu| hug| yzv| vwl| zps| rjf| stv| fhp| mgn| yho| rjl| bji| evr| qfq| usp| nic| bfk| udo| ltu| bvz| sjv| hza| uvd| zlk| qpe| byj| gbc| ngf| rfp| zew| cyj| dxz| zvw| ksa| hkb| kon| bjq| ryn| rzs| ceq| cbb| ymo| wiw| zvz| ftg| zkt| foh| uvh| gmr|