Just deserts: The Supermax jail dubbed 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' that could be hate preacher Abu Hamza's new home for next 50 years

Surrounded by desert, it is known as the 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' - home to 400 of America's most dangerous convicts.

And if hate preacher Abu Hamza is convicted of terror charges in the U.S., he could spend the rest of his life in this Colorado Supermax prison - in a cramped cell measuring 12ft by 7ft.

Britain was last night finally on the verge of being rid of the hook-handed cleric after Euro judges ruled he could be extradited to the States.

The jail that may await him is in the town of Florence and is seen as the crown jewel of the federal prison system: prisoners are kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a day; food is hand-delivered by guards to cells; it contains 1,400 remote-controlled steel doors; and there is no library to meet fellow inmates.


The perimeter is surrounded by 12ft-high razor-wire, while lasers, guard dogs and motion sensors add to the security.          More