Posted on 04/23/2013 6:23:29 AM PDT by Perdogg
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected arguments by Babar Ahmad and three other terror suspects that they could face ill treatment in a "supermax" American high-security prison.
But what is life like in the "Alcatraz of the Rockies" and why was the court not convinced?
The Administrative Maximum facility (ADX), or "supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado, holds some of the most notorious American terrorists and murderers in solitary confinement.
The prison is home to about 360 inmates held under ultra-high security.
It is here, the suspects argued, they could end up if found guilty of terrorism in the US.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
I’d definitely go crazy if I was stuck in solitary. Guess that’s why I never do bad stuff........
USP Terre Haute is the only place in the US BOP that performs executions.
Liar
I know you
“If the cells dont have trapdoors leading to alligator pits, not bad enough.”
I like the way you think. GMTA!
Heh, heh, heh...
Yah, I agree. They should build one in the middle of ANWR. Any inmate who escapes and makes it to civilization might get pardoned. Or not. Bugs will siphon him dry before the bears and wolves have a chance to eat him.
Yep. A la Larry the Cable Guy: "Git 'er DONE!"
AFAIK, it's not the cost of the needle, it's the cost of the endless frivolous appeals that the bleeding hearts file. For them to complain about the cost is chutzpah reminiscent of the man who murders both his parents and then begs the court's mercy because he's an orphan.
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