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Court is back in session on monday. the penalty phase of the boston marathon bombing trial. the jury is considering if the suspect will be sentenced to death or life behind bars. we look at the prison where he could spend the rest of his life. a super max. >> super max is what it's called. it's the united states administrative maximum facility known as adx or super max. let's take you inside. it's described as the most restrictive prison in the federal system here. take a look. inmates spend 23 hours a day in solitaire confinement inside this cell. the dimensions 12 feet as you

Facility in florence colorado. this is where some of the worst of the worst are sent. take a look at some of these inmates. olympic park bomber eric rudolph, unabomber ted kosinski. also the man who assisted in the oklahoma city bombing, terry nichols, and the shoe bomber richard reid. my next guest has serve time in federal prison. larry levene. when we talk about hell this is how i've heard the super max referred to. what kind of hell are we talking? >> well he may not necessarily end up at the adx in colorado. i talked to bruce cameron, a retired retired bureau of federal prisons official a...

Minutes. i live in a toilet. is that a great argument for dzhokhar tsarnaev's lawyer to tell that jury? >> well, it is, in the sense it would make the jury satisfied that he is being punished if he's going to stay in a place like that. even though that's really not the purpose of presenting mitigating evidence. but it is helpful to a jury if they're thinking, well, will it just be a walk in the park if he's at super max? >> club fed. >> when we talk about some of those horrific cases, you have to take a look at why we punish to begin with. there's several reasons why we do. one of course is re...

Came from a dysfunctional family, who made bad decisions. were it not for tamerlan none of this would have happened. now, his family is expected here today, six members of his family that arrived from overseas. some of them may testify on his behalf to humanize him, to see if the jury will show some mercy. all 12 jurors must vote for the death penalty, otherwise he'll receive life in prison and that would likely be at the super max in florence, colorado also called the alcatraz of the rockies. jose? >> adam thank you. i want to bring in msnbc legal analyst faith jenkins, good morning. >> goo...

Maximum-security prison. leslie walker is director of prison security in massachusetts and i spoke with her shortly before air about what conditions will be like. >> leslie this maximum-security prison where hernandez is going, what is life like there for him there? >> life for him will be crowded. there are a thousand people in that prison. a thousand prisoners and several hundred staff. it is a maximum-security prison built as a super-max. it is built for punishment. there is little opportunities for education or programming. prisoners are locked in their cells 19 hours aday and only allowed...