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Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1

The Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 () is a maximum-security federal prison located in Almoloya de Juárez, Mexico. Commonly referred to as Altiplano, it is considered Mexico's principal maximum-security facility and has housed numerous high-profile inmates, including several of the country's most-wanted drug lords.

Names

The prison was originally known as Maximum Security Penitentiary No. 1 "Almoloya de Juárez" (Spanish: Penal de Máxima Seguridad No. 1 Almoloya de Juárez). It was later renamed Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "La Palma" (Spanish: Centro Federal de Readaptación Social No. 1 La Palma), before adopting its current name, Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 (Spanish: Centro Federal de Readaptación Social Número 1).

Construction

The prison was built between 1988 and 1990 under President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and received its first inmates in November 1991. Of significant concern to Mexican authorities is the risk that the prison could be attacked from the outside as part of an organized prison break. Therefore, the walls have been reinforced to as much as in thickness to discourage ramming. Furthermore, the air space near the facility is restricted, and the authorities claim that cell phone transmissions are limited within of the prison to stymie communications between the inmates and their colleagues outside. Additionally, armored personnel carriers are based near the facility to protect it during a potential assault.

This facility is located in the Santa Juana Centro neighborhood of Almoloya de Juárez, in the State of Mexico, from Toluca.

Escapes

This prison was thought to be impenetrable until July 11, 2015, when Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escaped through a tunnel.

Notable inmates

In popular culture

The 2017 Netflix-Univision series, El Chapo, depicts Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's incarceration and experience in the prison, and his escape through a tunnel on July 11, 2015, which disproved the assumption that the prison was impenetrable.

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