05-31-2009, 12:35 AM
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| WC's Resident Redneck | Re: Guitmo Detainies
Quote: | I read a reuters article yesterday and the tone of the article made it sound as if there is only one like the one in Colorado, though I could be wrong as well I'll try to find out. | You are right. There is only one Federal supermax prison. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Wiki There is only one supermax prison in the United States federal system, ADX Florence in Florence, Colorado. However, many states now have created supermax prisons; either as stand-alone facilities or as secure units within lower-security prisons. State supermax prisons include Pelican Bay in California and Tamms in Illinois. The USP in Marion, Illinois was recently downgraded to a medium-security facility | But other Federal Facilities have some supermax units in regular prisons. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Wiki Supermax is the name used to describe "control-unit" prisons, or units within prisons, which represent the most secure levels of custody in some countries' prison systems. The object is to provide long term, segregated housing for inmates classified as the highest security risks in the prison system. The phrase "worst of the worst" criminals and those who possess a threat to national security of a nation. |
__________________ There'll be no sorrow there, no more burdens to bear,
No more sickness, no more pain, no more parting over there;
And forever I will be with the One who died for me,
What a day, glorious day that will be. |
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