If he wanted to read a newspaper, said Hood, it would be 30 days old. And he may be put under special orders to never see daily news. Guzman would have a TV, but with only pre-approved programming. One fewer reason to leave the cell, one fewer chance to attack a guard or try an escape. But Hood said, it's there only to save guards from having to take the prisoner out of the cell and move him to another location. In what might be perceived as a luxury, Guzman would have a shower right in his cell, with the ability to take as many showers a day as he wished. (Mark Reis/Colorado Springs Gazette/Associated Press) Guzman would know whether it's day or night, but he wouldn't be able to reach it to look outside.Ī typical cell in the general population unit at the ADX Florence Supermax prison. He'd have a concrete table, a concrete stool, and a concrete bed with a thin foam mattress on it. His cell would be about two metres by three-and-a-half metres, with concrete, sound-proof walls and a concrete door. He'll be isolated in his cell for 23 hours a day, with the option to go outside for one hour, by himself, in a secure area. If Guzman is sent there, Hood said he will likely never see another inmate. Both in terms of their manpower, the prison regime and physical security." It's designed to cut off the head of the snake and he would be considered the head of the snake." - Robert Hood, former warden, ADX Florence Supermax Prison They have a very deep capacity to manage prisoners like this. "And given history, I'm sure that is the great concern. "It would be extremely, extraordinarily difficult to escape from," said Martin Horn, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Armed guards patrol the grounds in vehicles 24 hours a day. There are six gun towers outside, and the penitentiary next door has another six. The Supermax is one of three buildings on a two-and-a-half sq. The fortress-like prison is dubbed the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies.' (Bob Daemmrich/AFP/Getty Images) People who work there call it "the Alcatraz of the Rockies."
Opened in 1994, it currently houses 407 prisoners. It is the highest-security penitentiary in the United States. People who work in the corrections field say the Bureau has likely been planning for this challenge since long before Tuesday's guilty verdict in Guzman's trial. And many of them believe that, without a doubt, the 61-year-old Guzman is heading for the Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) Florence in Colorado. captors, too, by escaping one of their prisons.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons to figure out how to contain Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman, and prevent him from throwing egg on the faces of his U.S. Helped, authorities believe, by his vast wealth and network of underlings, which were used to bribe corrupt correctional staff into aiding and abetting his escapes. He has broken out of two of the highest level maximum security prisons in Mexico.