Fast Facts: Supermax Prison
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The following are some details about the United States "Supermax" Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, where convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui is expected to serve his life sentence:
— ADX is short for The United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum
— The ADX is one of four federal prisons in Florence, Colorado
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}— Florence donated the land for the prisons to the US government in 1990
— ADX employs a staff of 347 people
— ADX contains beds for 490 inmates
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}— ADX currently houses 404 inmates
— ADX was constructed in 1994 for $60 million
— ADX has had no escapes or serious attempts to escape
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}— ADX houses less than one-third of one percent of the federal inmate population
— Only five percent of ADX inmates enter directly from their court sentencing
— 95 percent of ADX's inmates are transferred there from another prison
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}— Inmates are divided into the general population, the High Security unit, or Control Unit
— The control unit holds the most dangerous and disruptive inmates in the Federal Prison system
— Cells range from 77 to 87 square feet in size
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}— Each cell contains a bed, shower, sink, toilet, metal mirror, and television/radio
— All outgoing and incoming mail as well as telephone calls are monitored
— Immediate family members, attorneys and boyfriends or girlfriends of the inmates may visit inmates
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}— Educational and recreational programs are played on inmates' televisions via a closed circuit system
Source: Federal Bureau of Prisons