Word: supermax
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...terrorist target. People weren't so much concerned that someone would break out of the fortified ADX, but rather they wondered what would prevent an al-Qaeda squad, perhaps a suicide attacker, from breaking in. At the same time, they were hearing rumors about internal security problems at the Supermax, as the prison is sometimes called. "There's a lot we should be scared about in this little town, with those individuals up there," said Cindy Cox, the mayor of Florence. "Some think that since they're in prison, they're not terrorizing anyone anymore. But what about their friends...
...life in prison without parole; in Arlington, Va. Although some relatives of 9/11 victims criticized the jury for declining to sentence Moussaoui to death, others said they were satisfied because he would not become a martyr. He will spend the rest of his life in solitary confinement at "Supermax" in Colorado, the country's highest-security prison...
...debriefed Hanssen about his 21 years as a spy for Moscow found him a prickly, uncooperative character and won't be sorry to see him pulling hard time in a distant lock-up. They may get their wish: rumors are circulating that he may be sent to the dreaded "supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado, usually reserved for uncontrollably violent inmates who try to kill guards and other prisoners...