Colorado State Penitentiary Archives

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For 13 of his 22 years in prison, Cero Smith spent 23 hours a day alone in a small concrete cell. Three times a day, a corrections officer would pass his meals through a slot in the solid steel cell door. A CO would also take him to exercise alone for one hour in a […]

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Colorado State Penitentiary

Opening the Door

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado

Voices from Solitary: Colorado Department of Corrections in Need of Correction

Voices from Solitary: Is “Torture” Too Strong of a Word?

Seven Days in Solitary [12/29/13]

Seven Days in Solitary [12/13/2015]

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Colorado State Penitentiary II Opens With 300 New Solitary Confinement Cells

Children in Lockdown: Solitary Confinement of Teens in Adult Prisons

Records Show Excessive Use of Force at Colorado Supermax

“Fatal Flaws” in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study

New Study: Solitary Confinement Overused in Colorado

Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement Introduced in Colorado Legislature

Cash-Strapped Colorado Comes Up With Funds for New Supermax

Solitary Confinement: Coming Live to a Computer Near You