A Different Kind of Death Sentence?

Rather than beign condemned to death, Zacarias Moussaoui has been sentended to life in the federal government's maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado. Life there involves being locked in a 7' x 12' cell for twenty-three hours each day. Moussaoui will join other criminals of note -- including Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, shoe bomber Richard Reid, and Oklahoma City bombing accomplice Terry Nichols -- in what is considered by many to be the harshest of prison environments.

The Slow Rot at Supermax - Los Angeles Times

Students at California State University Long Beach can read more about the Super Max prisons -- both state and federal -- around the country.