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It is 250 miles 400 km north of Downtown Los Angeles. The state also has 19 parole locations that manage community corrections and rehabilitation.

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Valley State Prison VSP previously the Valley State Prison for Women VSPW is a state prison in Chowchilla California.

. ADX Florence Facility can be found near Florence Colorado and is one of the most notorious federal prisons in the country earning the moniker of Alcatraz of the Rockies This facility is the only federal supermax prison in all of the United States known for keeping its residents under solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day in cramped 7-by-12 foot concrete. CMU 2 Marion Illinois edit Although the Supermax facility is gone the United States Penitentiary Marion in 2008 became home to the other known Communication Management Unit in the federal prison system. The Colorado Department of Corrections manages the entire Colorado prison system.

The supermax prison is home to inmates the federal prison system has declared the most dangerous in the country. In the outskirts of the small town of Florence Colorado lies the only federal supermax prison in the United States. There are approximately 20000 inmates in state prisons in Colorado and another 12000 inmates in.

Current and former inmates include American Taliban John Walker Lindh the Lackawanna Six Enaam Arnaout Aldrich Ames Brandon Russell and Kirksey Nix. The compound is designed with. According to 5280 the prison which is often referred to as the Alcatraz of the Rockies houses nearly 400 of the worlds most dangerous criminals.

Other inmates are held in three contracted private prisons. Who is the most famous prisoner at the ADX Florence Facility. Violent gang leaders foreign and domestic terrorists and inmates with a history of violent crimes towards fellow inmates and prison guards can all be found at ADX Florence.

Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility ADX. It is across the road from Central California Womens FacilityIt used to be a prison for women. They are responsible for 20 state prisons.

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