Your Life at Every Level of Prison

What is life actually like at every level of prison? In this video, we go through the United States federal prison system from minimum security and low-security prisons all the way to medium security, high-security penitentiaries, and extremely restrictive facilities such as ADX Florence. You’ll see how prison security levels affect daily life, including housing, prison cells, work, recreation, movement, supervision, lockdowns, prison rules, inmate classification, and how much freedom a prisoner actually has. The video explains the difference between minimum-security prison camps, low-security federal prisons, medium-security prisons, maximum-security prisons, high-security penitentiaries, administrative prisons, supermax prisons, and restrictive housing. It also explores how the Federal Bureau of Prisons decides where inmates are placed and why prison security is about much more than simply how serious a crime was. From open dormitories and prison work programs to locked cells, controlled movement, heavy security, isolation, and life inside one of America's most secure prisons, this is what your life could look like at every level of prison. Topics include federal prison, prison security levels, minimum security prison, maximum security prison, supermax prison, ADX Florence, prison life, life in prison, federal inmates, prison cells, prison camps, United States penitentiaries, prison classification, prison security, inmate life, prison routine, prison lockdowns, and the U.S. federal prison system.