Correctional officers at supermax prisons guard the most dangerous inmates and aren’t getting paid

Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images(FLORENCE, Colo.) — When you walk into the federal “supermax” — or supermaximum security — prison just outside Florence, Colorado, there are bright artificial lights, no windows, thick concrete walls everywhere, and you are cut off from the outside world. Now, imagine having to work there 16 hours a …

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