The first look inside the Supermax maximum security prison

The first look inside the Supermax maximum security prison

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Visiting Supermax, the "Alcatraz of the Rockies," reveals nothing so much as an astonishing and eerie quiet.

Corrections officials were blunt in explaining their reason for finally inviting reporters, albeit without cameras, to peek behind the heavy metal gates for the first time since the penitentiary opened 13 years ago.

"This is about dispelling myths and rumors," said Warden Ron Wiley.

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An interesting article on the Supermax prison of Colorado Springs.

For the first time since the maximum security prison was opened back in 1994, reporters are allowed to venture inside the "Alcatraz of the Rockies", with one main purpose - to dispel the theories that Supermax "is a dungeon where inmates are cast aside to rot and die".

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