
(‘florence’ / ‘colorado’)
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*aka* –>
“super-maximum security“
“administrative maximum”
(ADX)
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*22 OCTOBER 1983*
(2 correctional officers are killed by inmates at the “United States Penitentiary” in ‘Marion’, ‘Illinois’)
(the incident inspires the “supermax” model of prisons)
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(“supermax” is a primarily U.S. English term used to describe “control-unit” prisons, or units within prisons, which represent the most secure levels of custody in the prison systems of certain countries)
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(the objective is to provide long-term, segregated housing for inmates classified as the highest security risks in the prison system—the “worst of the worst” criminals—and those who pose a threat to both national + global security)
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