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The leader of the Sinaloa cartel was found guilty of drug trafficking in 2019 and is serving a life sentence in a supermax prison in Colorado.

Stine said he first met that official during the 13 years he spent at a federal Supermax prison in Colorado, and that the alleged victims were targeted because they had been making things rough for the BOP.

Gauke's early release recommendations relate to the "earned progression model" for offenders, inspired by reforms to high-security, supermax prisons in the US state of Texas, which the BBC visited with Mahmood in February.

The BBC visited a high-security, supermax prison in Texas with Ms Mahmood in February.

El Chapo is serving a life sentence in a so-called supermax prison in Colorado after his 2019 conviction in federal court in Brooklyn on narcotics trafficking and other charges.