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Prodigy, 21, about to become doctor
FLORENCE, Colo., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Managers of a maximum-security prison in Florence, Colo., say they cannot abide by a federal arbitrator's order to improve safety at the "supermax" facility.
Arbitrator Joseph Lazar ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to boost safety for correctional officers at the "supermax" prison, which houses 400 of the most notorious criminals in the nation.
Prisoners include Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols.
Lazar said prison managers must "lower the inherent hazards" at the facility, The Rocky Mountain News reported.
Prison managers say they do not have the money to carry out the binding ruling. They say they have been turned down four times for additional funds.
Federal and state lawmakers plan to use the arbitrator's findings to buttress their case for more funding. The union has long argued more federal dollars were needed for enhanced prison security.
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