Being detained in the Super Max Prison may well be a fate worse than death. The article describes the prison as a fortress with no way of escape, in which the daily routine of the prisoners prevents them from even interacting with their fellow prisoners. It is interesting to think of the motivation for building such a structure. On the one hand, there is emotion. Emotion is a significant "way of knowing" because how people feel about a subject oftentimes effects how they react. For example, this prison offers a good compromise for those who are against the death penalty. Although the Super Max Prison allows the prisoners to live, they still get harsh retribution for committing their horrible crimes. Some may argue that they deserve death, but the high intensity prison seems like a good compromise. Another "way of knowing" that may have effected the construction of the Super Max Prison is reason. For the small town of Florence Colorado, the prison provides a huge number of jobs, helping the inhabitants to thrive there. For them, it was reason that spurred the creation of the prison. They understood that a prison with security of that magnitude would need to staff a large number of people. In effect, they supported the construction because of what they knew it would do for the local economy. These two "ways of knowing" both played a part in the construction of this facility.
-Connor Gray