NBC Chicago reached out to the Bureau of Prisons, which oversees ADX Florence, for comment. We have not heard back at the time of publishing. Hoover, 74, had been a federal inmate since 1998.

Ishmael Petty, 56, will face trial for allegedly murdering cocaine dealer LaMarcus Hillard, 40, about 9.15am on September 19, 2020, inside ADX Florence.

What's life like inside ‘Supermax' prison where Larry Hoover spent 2 decades "The only way out of there if you're a prisoner, is a body bag," said NBC Chicago’s Chuck Goudie on a recent ...

Inmates whose death sentences were commuted by former president Joe Biden are fighting the Trump administration's efforts to transfer them to a notorious federal supermax prison in Colorado.. A ...

Who is Larry Hoover, what is ‘ADX Florence' and more questions answered Hoover's sentence was commuted Wednesday, one of more than two-dozen actions taken by President Trump ...

ADX Florence, though, also houses celebrity inmates. Past residents have included the Soviet spy Robert Hanssen and the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. Currently locked in ADX’s most secure wing are the ...

Buried deep in Colorado's Mountains lies America's most secure prison. ADX Florence is where the U.S. government buries its most notorious criminals, terrorists, cartel bosses, and spies who know ...

According to plea agreements, on December 6, 2021, a violent altercation occurred inside a cell at ADX involving Guillory and the victim. During the confrontation, Guillory repeatedly stabbed the ...

When Robert Hood, the former warden of ADX Florence – America’s most high-security prison – was asked to describe the facility, he paused before declaring: ‘It’s a clean version of Hell.’ ...

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