What Life Is Like in America’s Highest-Security 'Supermax' Prison

Finger handshakes, the toilet phone, and the "shoe bomber."

Officially called the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, and colloquially known as the

"Alcatraz of the Rockies"

ADX Florence is the highest-security federal prison in the country, located in the Colorado mountains.

In fact it is so secure here, that during the recent 2020 COVID-19 virus outbreak, Florence ADX was considered as safe due in part to the extreme social distancing! As of April 12, 2020, no cases had been reported at the facility.

It has housed, and continues housing, some of the more notorious inmates in recent American history.

But I will go over the attendance sheet later because first…a little history lesson for you.

HISTORY OF A SUPERMAX

This whole idea for a SuperMax prison came about because of the actions taken by members of the Aryan Brotherhood. The Aryan Brotherhood is a white prison gang, and a fairly well organized crime syndicate, that makes up an extremely low percentage of the entire US prison population, but is responsible for a disproportionately large number of…