November 1, 1994, 30 years ago: ADX Florence opens, the federal "supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado, 110 miles south of Denver. It is the new Alcatraz: Home for the worst of the worst, and no one has ever escaped from it.
Notable current residents include, in chronological order of their crimes: Ramzi Yousef, convicted in the 1st World Trade Center bombing in 1993; Terry Nichols, the surviving Oklahoma City bomber; Eric Rudolph, the bomber of abortion clinics and the 1996 Olympic Park in Atlanta; Zacarias Moussaoui, "the 20th Hijacker" on 9/11; Richard Reid, the "Shoe Bomber"; Robert Hansen, the FBI Agent convicted of spying for Russia; Umar Abdulmutallab, the 2009 "Underwear Bomber"; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving brother from the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing; and Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug lord known as "El Chapo."
Theodore Kaczynski, "the Unabomber," was held there from 1998 until his death in 2023. Timothy McVeigh, the main Oklahoma City bomber, was at Florence from 1997 until 1999, when he was moved to the prison in Indiana that hosts the federal Death Row. Kaczynski actually formed friendships with Yousef and McVeigh.
No comments:
Post a Comment