Nothing will stop super-max inmates ‘making weapons out of loo brushes’, ex-guard warns

The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility, also known as the ADX or ‘Supermax’, in Florence, Colorado (Picture: AFP)

US-style ‘supermax’ prisons are set to be brought to the UK in an attempt to clamp down on assaults on officers.

But former officers are not convinced the plans will work, as ‘no matter what, the UK is too pro-prisoner’.

Justice Secretary David Lammy announced that ‘supermax’ conditions, will known as jails within jails, will house some of the country’s most violent inmates.