Known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” ADX Florence houses the most dangerous criminals in near-total isolation. Its design ensures maximum security and minimal human contact.

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman sent a handwritten note to a federal judge asking to meet with his Miami attorney, as he continue to challenge his conditions in Supermax prison.

He is held in isolation away from other prisoners and is under strict Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) which require him to be locked up in solitary confinement 23 hours per day.

Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to one of the cushiest federal detention facilities in the country has sparked shock and outrage ...

The Fremont Center for the Arts in Cañon City is hosting an art ehibit created by inmates at USP Florence ADMAX, also known ...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has suffered a setback in his death penalty sentencing appeal. Tsarnaev had been ...

Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a private prison in Florence this morning. Christopher Breiland, 36, escaped from the Florence West facility sometime before 8 a.m., when ...

Two inmates who escaped a Lexington prison July 26 were apprehended by authorities and lodged in the Woodford County Detention Center, Kentucky State Police Post 12 Trooper Josh Satterly said in a ...

Officials in New Orleans are calling on an inmate to turn himself in after a clerical error led him to be mistakenly released from the same prison where 10 men escaped earlier this year.

Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students, is expected to serve his life sentence at a facility called one of the "15 worst prisons in America." ...

A 28-year-old woman is in custody after she allegedly shot and killed a man in Florence on Friday, the Florence Police Department said.