El Chapo gets life in U.S. supermax prison

Following his conviction for drug smuggling, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years


ADX Florence – known as Alcatraz of the Rockies
Gun tower
Entrance
50m 164 ft


Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman: Notorious drug kingpin escaped two high-security prisons in Mexico


23 hours per day in cell, one hour of exercise alone in courtyard


TV: Religious Lamp and educational programming

Video camera

Window 10cm-wide slit

Solid metal sliding outer door with food hatch: Prisoner eats alone

Inner steel bars

Sink, toilet, mirror: Stainless- steel

Furniture: Poured concrete stool, writing desk and bed with thin mattress

Shower cubicle: Stainless-steel – runs on timer to prevent inmate flooding cell

3.7m
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WYOMING
Denver
COLORADO
Florence 
160km 100 miles
NEW MEXICO
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Sources: AP, CNN, Federal Bureau of Prisons  Pictures: Google Earth Pro, AP © GRAPHIC NEWS