Reporter says prison is eerily quiet Next Article in U.S. » CNN justice producer Terry Frieden was part of the first-ever media tour of the U.S. Bureau of Prison's Administrative Maximum prison -- ...

The Alcatraz of the Rockies, officially known as the United States Penitentiary Florence Administrative Maximum (ADX), is the ...

Convicted murderer Ray Davis admits it took him six years incarcerated in a supermax prison in Texas before he decided to try to turn around his life. The 51-year-old killer is 30 years into a 99 ...

The UK government is looking to Estelle prison for ideas - for ways to reduce reoffending and to bring down prisoner numbers in our already overcrowded jails. There's a scheme here they'd like to ...

Unfortunately, this romanticized version of grizzled criminals going away for life in a supermax prison is inaccurate and contributes to an unhealthy prison culture. Supermax prisons increased in ...

Welcome to the Estelle Supermax Penitentiary in Huntsville ... their sentences by having a job while they're inside. Looking to this prison for inspiration might seem a curious choice to many ...