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A super-maximum security (supermax) or administrative maximum (ADX) prison is a "control-unit" prison, or a unit within prisons, which represents the most secure level of custody in the prison systems of certain countries.
Maximum security prisons and supermax prisons are grades of high security level used by prison systems in various countries, which pose a higher level of security to prevent prisoners from escaping and/or doing harm to other inmates or security guards. For the United States, see Incarceration in the United States § Security levels
The seal of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the agency that manages U.S. federal prisons. The Federal Bureau of Prisons classifies prisons into seven categories: United States penitentiaries; Federal correctional institutions; Private correctional institutions; Federal prison camps; Administrative facilities; Federal correctional complexes [1]
Elmira Correctional Facility, also known as "The Hill", is a maximum security state prison located in Chemung County, in the City of Elmira in the US state of New York.It is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
An image of Idaho Maximum Security Institution’s C Block, where civil commitment patients are held. In May, at least 90 men housed in the prison participated in a hunger strike.
In a maximum security prison or area (called high security in the federal system), all prisoners have individual cells [157] with sliding doors controlled from a secure remote control station. Prisoners are allowed out of their cells one out of twenty four hours (one hour and 30 minutes for prisoners in California).
By its own admission, Wisconsin's Department of Corrections noted many of the facility's problems can be explained by age and antiquated prison design, according to a 2020 report commissioned by ...
prison guard outside open cell door By Paul Szoldra Life behind bars is a challenge for prisoners serving time, but they aren't the only ones in maximum security prisons dealing with stress.