El Chapo Likely Headed to ‘Supermax’ Jail Nobody Ever Escaped From: Dubbed ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’

El Chapo Likely Headed to ‘Supermax’ Jail Nobody Ever Escaped From: Dubbed ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’
File photo showing the Federal Correctional Complex, including the Administrative Maximum Penitentiary or "Supermax" prison, in Florence, Colorado, on Feb. 21,2007. Reuters/Rick Wilking
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a criminal empire and infamous for twice escaping from prison is likely headed to a “supermax” prison from which no inmate has ever escaped.

Dubbed the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” after the prison in San Francisco that held the notorious gangster Al Capone and other criminals, the Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) in Florence, Colorado, was built to house the most dangerous inmates.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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