A Stroll Through Supermax

Yesterday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales toured Supermax and he said that things are fine concerning the monitoring of phone calls and mail.

The issues certain are other security improvements sought by the prison's staff and the townspeople of Florence, including more corrections officers and a perimeter fence around the four-prison federal complex that includes Supermax.

Alan from Westword has his own particular take on the issue:

"Attorney General Alberto Gonzales walked the buttoned-down halls of the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum in Florence yesterday, then announced that all was super at the federal supermax. No need for more staff or monitoring at the high-tech prison, a repository of terrorists and superfiends. No need for a new $20 million perimeter fence that some in the community have been demanding, afraid that Eric Rudolph or Ted Kaczynksi might slip out and bomb the local Carl’s Jr...."

Westword article here