SUPERMAX:
A CLEAN VERSION OF HELL
60 Minutes Reports on Supermax Prison, Oct. 14, 2007INSIDE
FLORENCE SUPERMAX:
FEDERAL PRISON RIOT - A LONG TIME COMING
Colorado Confidential Series by Erin Rosa
Locked Doors; Locked Mouths, Sept. 24, 2007
Priorities and Contaminated Air, Sept. 25
Losing More; Getting Less, Sept. 26
Riling Up Inmates, Sept. 27
— ADX is short for The
United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum
— The ADX is one of four federal prisons in Florence, Colorado
— Florence donated the land for the prisons to the US government
in 1990
— ADX employs a staff of 347 people
— ADX contains beds for 490 inmates
— ADX currently houses 404 inmates
— Cells range from 77 to 87 square feet in size
— Each cell contains a bed, shower, sink, toilet, metal mirror,
and TV/radio
— ADX was constructed in 1994 for $60 million
— ADX has had no escapes or serious attempts to escape
— ADX houses less than one-third of 1% of federal
inmate population
— Only five percent of ADX inmates enter directly from their
sentencing
— 95 percent of ADX's
inmates are transferred there from another prison
— The control unit holds the most dangerous and disruptive
inmates
— All outgoing and incoming mail as well as telephone calls are
monitored
— Immediate family members, attorneys and boy or girlfriends may
visit
— Educational and recreational programs are played on inmates'
televisions
Source: Federal Bureau of
Prisons (from Fox
News:
Fast Facts, May 4, 2006)
60 Minutes" in the
Slammer
Westword, Alan Prendergast, Oct. 11, 2007
AFGE Union to be featured on 60
Minutes
Denver Post, Oct. 11, 2007
Isolating the Menace in a
Sterile Supermax
Washington Post, Sept. 30, 2007
Supermax Opens Doors for Rare Tour
Canon City Daily Record, Vic Vela, Sept. 12, 2007
How to Survive a Supermax Prison
An Inside Look at the
Nation's Toughest Lockup
ABC-News, August 2, 2007
Harrelson Writes of Life in
Supermax
Denver Post, by Mike McFee, March 24, 2007
Charles Harrelson Dies in Supermax
Prison
Woody Harrelson's father, killer of Judge Wood, dies in
Supermax
San Antonio Express-News, March 21, 2007
KKTV-News,
Pueblo/Colo. Springs, March 21, 2007 |
Moussaoui Appeal
Brief
4th Circuit Court of Appeals, Jan. 19, 2008 (219 pgs)
Rules May Bar
Student Reps at ADX
Denver
Post, February 3, 2008
Ban on
Reporters' Access to Prisoners
Freakonomics Blog and Comments
Reporters
Briefly Visit Supermax
Washington Post, Andrew Cohen, Sept. 13, 2007
CBS News, Couric & Co., Andrew Cohen, Sept. 12, 2007
Understaffing
the Supermax
Westword, August 28, 2007
Keeping Reporters Out
Fortress of Solitude -
Westword, August 16, 2007
Terrorist
Supporters Post 5-Part "Report" on ADX
Terrorist supporters posted this "report" on February
19, 2007
A.G. Gonzales Says Supermax is
Safe
Washington Post, A.P., Feb. 21, 2007
Violence at
Supermax Prison Complex
Guards Raise Alarm, Denver Post, Jan. 12, 2007
More Supermax Staff Needed
Rocky Mtn. News - Nov. 17, 2006 - U.S. Atty.
Gen. to Inspect Prison
Houston Chronicle
(A.P.) - Nov. 7, 2006 - Risks Rise Amidst
Staff Cuts
Review
of News Coverage of Senators' visits
Senator Salazar's Letter to President on Supermax Staffing
Rocky Mtn. News - Oct. 14, 2006 - Supermax
Security Boost Ordered
Pueblo
Chieftain - Oct. 14, 2006 - Prison Cuts Blamed
on Congress
ABC-News - Oct. 13, 2006 - Arbitrator Says
Prison Understaffed
Associated Press - Oct. 13,
2006 - Union Cheers Arbitrator Ruling
Rocky Mtn. News - August 10, 2005 - Staffing
Terrorist Central
Labor
Impasse Resolved Against Employees
- Jan. 10, 2004
Justice Dept. Report on Monitoring High Risk
Inmates
Rocky Mountain News - Oct. 5
-
Supermax Security Slammed in Report
MSNBC News Reports - Oct. 3, 2006
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Terrorists' Mail Still
Not Monitored
March 8, 2005
- Prison Jihad Letters Went
Far, Wide
March 1, 2005
- B.O.P. Under Fire for
Jihad Letters
February 28,
2005 - Imprisoned
Terrorists Write Jihad Letters
ADX Florence
-
Wikipedia
ADX Florence
- Answers.com
Google Earth View
Florence ADMAX - Contact Information
Florence ADMAX - Visiting Information
Federal
Inmate Locator
The Most Secure Prison in the World
(Guiness Book of Records)
Town
(Florence, Co.) Shrugs Off Security Concerns
The
Gazette, Colorado Springs, R. Scott Rappold, December 10, 2006
s Supermax Safe?
Rocky Mtn. News - Nov. 20, 2006 - Atty. Gen.
Gonzales Says Supermax Safe
Supermax is
Super Lax
CNN - Nov. 14, 2006 - California Cases Cite Lax
Supermax Security |
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Inside
Bomber Row
How
America's Most Dangerous Criminals Mix with a Who's Who of the
Global Jihad in a Colorado Prison (by Maryanne Vollers, Time
Magazine, November 5, 2006)
OTHER FEDERAL
MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONS
Leavenworth, Kansas
Doin' Time at Leavenworth
U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta
Lompoc, California
Marion, Illinois
INFAMOUS INMATE LIST:
Prisoners at ADX Florence
Terrorist Case Histories
(Findlaw)
Florence ADMAX (Blog:
Into the Weeds, Sept. 6, 2006)
Supermax (Blog: Althouse, Dec. 11, 2006)
TED KACZYNSKI
Evidence Obtained in Unabomber Case (CBS & AP, Nov. 28,
2006)
Unabomber Settles In (U. of Montana School of
Journalism, Spring 2006)
Unabomber Behind Bars (The Smoking Gun)
Theodore Kaczynski
(Wikipedia)
Theodore Kaczynski
(Rotten.com)
Ted
Kaczynski (Time Magazine, Stephen Dubner, 1999)
Ted
Kaczynski (The Free Information Society)
The Unabomber Manifesto (Industrial Society and its
Future)
Unabomber Information
Court TV's Crime Library
McVEIGH /
NICHOLS
Foreign Connection Hearing Cancelled (WorldNet Daily,
Nov. 23, 2006)
Timothy McVeigh: The Rohrabacher Test (LA Weekly,
July 7, 2005)
Execution of Timothy McVeigh (Carol Clark, CNN, June,
2001)
Terry Nichols
(Wikipedia)
Terry Nichols
(Rotten.com)
Terrorist on Trial (Court TV: Crime Library)
ERIC RUDOLPH
Rudolph Talks about Prison; Mocks Victims (December 11,
2006)
Bomb was Statement - Lone Wolf Review (the
Oregonian, Dec. 24, 2006)
Bomber Shows No Remorse (The Gazette, R.S. Rappold,
Dec. 10, 2006)
The Untold Story of Eric Robert Rudolph (Creative
Loafing, July 26, 2006)
Rudolph Faces Hours of Isolation at Alcatraz of the Rockies
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution - April 13,
2005)
Eric Rudolph Sent to Colorado's Supermax (TalkLeft, April 15,
2005)
Eric Robert
Rudolph (Wikipedia)
Eric Rudolph (Rotten.com)
Eric Rudolph's Home Page
ZACARIAS
MOUSSAOUI
The Little Hijacker Who Couldn't
(Rotten.com)
Zacarias Moussaoui
(Wikipedia)
The Terrorist Motel (L.A. Weekly, July 24, 2002)
U.S. Media
Moussaoui Headed for Alcatraz of Rockies
(Washington Post)
Supermax Likely to be Moussaoui's Last Home (Fox
News)
Moussaoui Starts Serving Sentence at Supermax
(Fox)
Suffer, to the
Max (N.Y. Daily News)
Supermax in Florence Likely New Home
(Rocky Mountain News)
Serving Time in the Worst Way (Newsday)
Judge tells Moussaoui:
"Absolutely Clear Who Won" (Fox)
The Slow Rot at Supermax (L.A. Times)
BBC News
Supermax Prison Awaits Moussaoui
Times (U.K.) Online
Supermax Prison - The Alcatraz of the Rockies
Left to Rot in a Supermax Jail
American Justice Triumphed
See
Additional Reference Page:
MOUSSAOUI SENT TO SUPERMAX
LINK TO ALL MOUSSAOUI TRIAL EVIDENCE
RICHARD
REID
"I had a couple of good dreams" (NY Daily News, July 31,
2007)
Richard Reid: Held in Darkness (Telegraph,
Dec. 4, 2006)
Richard Reid: Shoe Bomber at Supermax (TalkLeft, Feb., 2003)
TOMMY
SILVERSTEIN
Lawsuit Filed by U. of Denver Law School (Westword, Nov.
28, 2007)
The Caged Life (Alan Prendergast, Westword, Aug.
16, 2007)
Tommy
Silverstein's Own Website
Tommy
Silverstein Seeks Assistance
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Terrorist Mail Still Not Monitored (MSNBC,
Oct. 3, 2006)
Inmate Beaten to Death (TalkLeft, April 23, 2005)
Jihad Letters Sent
from Supermax (MSNBC, March 1, 2005)
Guards Convicted
for Beating Prisoners (TalkLeft, June 24, 2004)
Alcatraz
of the Rockies (TalkLeft, Aug. 4, 2003)
BOP
Cowboys Ride Herd (Nov. Coalition, Jan/Feb. 2001)
The Last Worst Place (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 28, 1998)
The Last Worst Place (T. Gorski; PICS Assignment No. 2)
Letters from Prisoners - 1995
Florence, Colorado; Nightmare Becomes Reality
Congressional Record
(August 11, 1995)
WESTWORD ADX ARTICLES
Westword Blogs:
the latest 'word
Reporting Live From Supermax - Aug. 10, 2007
Muzzling the Messenger - May 29, 2007
The Long Silence - Sept. 12, 2002
Prison Reports by Alan
Prendergast
Alan Prendergast (Audio Interview, Colorado Matters)
Lawsuit Filed by U. of Denver Law School (Nov. 28,
2007)
The Caged Life (Aug. 16, 2007)
Bringing Down the Brotherhood (May 5, 2005)
Cowboy Justice (June 26, 2003)
A Broken Code (July 22, 2000)
Marked for Death (May 25, 2000)
The Killing Floor (December 10, 1998)
Hard Cell (August 20, 1998)
End of the Line: The New Alcatraz (July 12, 1995)
National Public Radio Audio:
America's Supermax Prison to Host Moussaoui
A Cell in Supermax Prison
AHMED
RESSAM
The Terrorist Within
(Seattle
Times, June 23 - July 7, 2002)
Trail of a Terrorist (P.B.S. Frontline)
RAMZI YOUSEF
Yousef-Nichols Link? (J.M. Berger, Intelwire, Dec.
23, 2006)
Bojinka: Yousef's Tactics (The Australian,
Aug. 12, 2006)
Ramzi Yousef (Blog, October 12, 2005)
Ramzi Yousef
(Rotten.com)
Ramzi Yousef (New York Times excerpts and links)
Master Planner
Watched in Jail (Peter Lance)
The Past as Prologue
OTHER ADX INMATES
Shiek Mohammad Al-Moayad (NY Daily News)
Salvatore Gravano (Sammy Bull) (Gang Land News)
Robert
Hanssen (Wikipedia)
Charles Harrelson
(Answers.com)
David Lane (Anti-Defamation League)
Andrew Mickell (Washington Post, April, 2005)
Munoz "La Quica" Mosquera (Westword, Feb. 2001)
Dr. Rashid, AKA Clement Hampton-El (Rotten.com)
NUESTRA FAMILIA
Monterrey Herald, July 1, 2007
Long Arm of the Outlaw (Center for
Investigative Reporting)
Nuestra Familia
News Stories (CIR)
Nuestra Familia - 3-part series (El Andar)
ARYAN
BROTHERHOOD
Life Sentences Mean No Additional Time
(AP, Nov. 21, 2006)
Prosecutors Withdraw
Restriction Request (AP, Nov. 20, 2006)
Brotherhood Leaders Convicted of Murder
(NPR, July 28, 2006)
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