United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX

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United States federal government facility federal prison supermax prison

United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX is a federal supermax prison in Colorado known for housing some of the most dangerous and high-profile inmates in the United States under extremely restrictive conditions.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX canonical 2
Federal Correctional Complex, Florence 1
Federal Correctional Institution Florence 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government facility ⓘ
federal prison ⓘ
supermax prison ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ADX Florence ⓘ
USP Florence ADMAX ⓘ
the Alcatraz of the Rockies ⓘ
cellConfinementTime approximately 23 hours per day ⓘ
cellType single-occupancy cells ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designedFor high-risk inmates ⓘ
inmates requiring the highest security level ⓘ
long-term isolation ⓘ
hasFeature extensive electronic surveillance ⓘ
limited human contact ⓘ
multiple security perimeters ⓘ
reinforced concrete cells ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
secure exercise yards ⓘ
hasInmatePopulationType adult inmates ⓘ
federal inmates ⓘ
male inmates ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
knownFor extremely restrictive conditions of confinement ⓘ
housing high-profile federal inmates ⓘ
housing inmates convicted of espionage ⓘ
housing inmates convicted of organized crime offenses ⓘ
housing inmates convicted of terrorism-related offenses ⓘ
housing inmates convicted of violent crimes ⓘ
locatedIn Florence, Colorado ⓘ
location Fremont County, Colorado ⓘ
managedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
notableCharacteristic highest security federal prison in the United States ⓘ
symbol of the U.S. supermax prison model ⓘ
opened 1994 ⓘ
operator Federal Bureau of Prisons ⓘ
partOf United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Federal Correctional Complex, Florence

United States federal prison system ⓘ
purpose to confine inmates deemed the most dangerous in the federal system ⓘ
to prevent inmate attacks on staff ⓘ
to prevent inmate escape ⓘ
to prevent inmate-on-inmate violence ⓘ
regardedAs one of the most secure prisons in the world ⓘ
securityClassification supermax ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
subjectTo Federal Bureau of Prisons regulations ⓘ
United States federal law ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timothy McVeigh → heldAt → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
Cañon City → hasNearbyFacility → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Correctional Institution Florence
Cañon City → hasNearbyFacility → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Penitentiary Florence High
Fremont County, Colorado → contains → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Correctional Institution, Florence
Fremont County, Colorado → contains → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Penitentiary, Florence High
Fremont County, Colorado → contains → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
Fremont County, Colorado → contains → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
this entity surface form: Florence Federal Correctional Complex
United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX → partOf → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Correctional Complex, Florence
Eric Robert Rudolph → placeOfDetention → United States Penitentiary, Florence ADX ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility