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In June 2012, a federal lawsuit was filed by eleven prisoners at the United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX Florence) against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). The facility houses approximately 450 men from across the country in solitary confinement units. The lawsuit alleges that inmates diagnosed with mental illnesses are denied constitutionally adequate […]

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Inside ADX Supermax: “A Bloody Nightmare”

The Solitary Connection: Was Clements Suspect Affected by Years in Prison Isolation?

Journalists Barred from Prison Isolation Units

Profile of an ADX Prisoner: “Just Half Crazy And Trying To Hold On To The Other Half”

Judge Rules Against Colorado Supermax That Keeps Prisoners Indoors for Years

Voices from Solitary: “No Longer a Part of the World”

Federal Judge Criticizes Supermax Confinement in Colorado

Solitary Confinement on Trial in Colorado

How Many Prisoners Are in Solitary Confinement in the United States?

“The Gray Box”: Must-Read Article (Plus Video) on Solitary Confinement in America

New Video: National Religious Campaign Against Torture Takes a Stand on Solitary Confinement

New Study: Solitary Confinement Overused in Colorado

Federal Judge Rules 28 Years in Solitary Confinement Not “Extreme,” Dismisses Silverstein Case

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

Colorado Lawmakers Present Weakened Version of Solitary Confinement Bill

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 2)

Fortresses of Solitude (Part 1)

ACLU Takes a Strong Stand Against Solitary Confinement

Bill to Limit Solitary Confinement Introduced in Colorado Legislature

Colorado Inmate Says He Was Thrown in Solitary for Refusing to Supply False Testimony

ACLU and Experts Slam Findings of Colorado DOC Report On Solitary Confinement

“Fatal Flaws” in the Colorado Solitary Confinement Study

Controversial Colorado Study Shows Prisoners “Improve” in Solitary Confinement

Fahad Hashmi Joins 1,400 Others in the Solitary Confinement Capital of the World

The Colorado Files: Death in a Denver Jail

The Colorado Files: Ballot Measure Would Keep Poor Defendants in Jail

Leaving Cañon City

Colorado State Penitentiary II Opens With 300 New Solitary Confinement Cells

Voices from Solitary: Supermaxed Out in Colorado