How long will dzhokhar tsarnaev be in prison

Herald file photo. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in a photo above that was an exhibit in his trial, is seen in his bedroom sitting in front of a black flag. Courtesy of the U. Department of Justice. File photo. The prosecution presented as evidence Tuesday, March 10, , during Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial, photos of the handwritten note found inside the boat where he was captured four days after the bombings. S Department of Justice. The Supermax prison near Florence, Colo.

Boston, MA, Robel Phillipos, one of the college buddies of convicted marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, right, leaves the federal courthouse in Boston, Friday, June 5, with his attorney Derege Demissie, left, after hearing the sentence.

Staff Photo by Chitose Suzuki. This combination of undated photos provided by their families shows, from left, Martin Richard, 8, Krystle Campbell, 29, and Lingzi Lu, a Boston University graduate student. Richard, Campbell and Lu were killed in the two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility — aka ADX, or "supermax" — is where the federal government sends its worst criminals, from terrorists to traitors.

At this point, it is the best Tsarnaev can hope for. But as they wrap up their case against the death penalty, Tsarnaev's lawyers are trying to persuade the jury that if they sent him to the ADX, he'd be separated from the world forever. This week, the defense team called a retired U. Bureau of Prisons warden to describe the extreme isolation that Tsarnaev would face at the cell prison in the barren foothills of Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

The former warden, Mark Bezy, described the ADX as "the most restrictive penitentiary in the federal system," and said Tsarnaev would likely be placed in a unit reserved for terrorists whose contact with other people is severely limited. His testimony was expected to continue Thursday. Even in general population, the ADX imposes extreme isolation. Prisoners spend about 23 hours a day in solitary confinement in byfoot cells with a single 4-inch-wide window and walls thick enough to stifle any attempts at communication.

A slot in the door is used to deliver meals and for any visits. Amnesty International last year said the facility breached international standards for the humane treatment of prisoners. Only the U. He cites the confiscation of a white baseball cap and bandana that he bought at the prison commissary and a limit of three showers per week, the Boston Herald reported.

His treatment at the supermax Federal Correctional Complex Florence is contributing to his "mental and physical decline," he says in the lawsuit. The lawsuit has been assigned to a judge, according to court records. Tsarnaev alleges his cap and bandana were confiscated by prison guards "because, by wearing it, I was 'disrespecting' the FBI and the victims" of the April 15, , bombing. During the investigation, Tsarnaev was referred to by law enforcement as "White Hat" when he was seen on surveillance video leaving the scene of the bombings.

Three people died and more than people were injured at the scene when two pressure cooker bombs were set off near the marathon's finish line. Tsarnaev's older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed in a shootout with police three days later.