60 Minutes Sunday June 21 2009

Where could some of the Guantanamo detainees wind up if the facility in Cuba is closed? It’s possible some could end up in what’s considered the toughest prison in America. 60 Minutes gets exclusive footage from within and a rare interview with its former warden to take you inside the secretive "Supermax" federal prison. Located in Florence, Colo., the government calls it ADX-Florence for Administrative Maximum. And no wonder. As correspondent Scott Pelley reports, the prisoner list reads like a Who’s Who of the notorious: Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph, would-be 9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols and shoe bomber Richard Reid. Here, at the "Alcatraz of the Rockies," special-case prisoners are allowed only a phone call a month, spend 23 hours a day in their 12-by-7 cells and can get mail only from people approved by the prison. Al Qaeda terrorists in the prison protested the special conditions with frequent hunger strikes that former warden Robert Hood had to end with force feedings. "I probably?authorized, conducted 350, maybe 400 involuntary feedings," recalls Hood.

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Next we go to Mexico where there is a war going on that has killed over 6,000 people the past two years. Mexican drug gangs have been killing each other and fighting back against the government with unprecedented force that includes assault rifles that come almost entirely from the U.S. With those Mexican drug cartels also operating in many U.S. cities, authorities are admitting there is a security threat and it’s not just south of the border. Says Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano "This issue in Mexico, this very brave battle the president of Mexico is fighting, is something every American has a stake in. The stakes are very high for the safety of many, many citizens of Mexico and the stakes are high for the United States no doubt." CNN’s Anderson Cooper reports.

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At only 24, basketball wizard LeBron James is already among just a handful of athletes who can command tens of millions of dollars per year for professional skills and marketing deals. And he says he’s not even peaked yet! Watch him stun Steve Kroft in our third segment with an underhanded shot from more than half court. "How many times can you do that in a row?" asks a dazzled Kroft. "I’m one take, baby, that’s all. I’m just one take," says James.

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These stories and Andy Rooney on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes, June 21 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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