Colorado
Supermax Too Full . . .
Denver
Post, May 22, 2009
Supermax:
A Clean Version of Hell
60 Minutes Reports on Supermax Prison, Oct. 14, 2007
Isolating the Menace in a
Sterile Supermax
Washington Post, Sept. 30, 2007
How to Survive a Supermax Prison
An Inside Look at the
Nation's Toughest Lockup
ABC-News, August 2, 2007
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
INSIDE
SUPERMAX by Erin Rosa
Gabacha Blog, May 22,
2009
— 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)
A LOOK AT COLORADO'S MOST INFAMOUS RESIDENTS
OBAMA & CHENEY:
VIEWS ON SUPERMAX TRANSFERS
CNN, May 22, 2009
ABC NEWS,
Daily Mail (UK)
USA Today
SUPERMAX PRISONS ALREADY HOLD TERRORISTS
Washington Post, May 22, 2009
Alcatraz
of the Rockies (TalkLeft, Aug. 4, 2003)
Florence, Colorado; Nightmare Becomes Reality |
ADX Florence
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Wikipedia
ADX Florence
- Answers.com
Google Earth View
Is 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
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
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
Review
of News Coverage of Senators' visits
Rocky Mtn. News - Oct. 14, 2006 - Supermax
Security Boost Ordered
ABC-News - Oct. 13, 2006 - Arbitrator Says
Prison Understaffed
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
-
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
Florence ADMAX - Contact Information
Florence ADMAX - Visiting Information
Federal
Inmate Locator
Harrelson Writes of Life in
Supermax
(Denver Post, by Mike McFee, March 24, 2007)
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)
BOP
Cowboys Ride Herd (Nov. Coalition, Jan/Feb. 2001)
The Last Worst Place (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 28, 1998)
Letters from Prisoners - 1995
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OTHER FEDERAL
MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONS
Leavenworth, Kansas
Doin' Time at Leavenworth
U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta
Lompoc, California - Terror Behind Bars
by Scott Hadly, Newspress.com
Marion, Illinois
INFAMOUS INMATE LIST:
Prisoners at ADX Florence
Florence ADMAX (Blog:
Into the Weeds, Sept. 6, 2006)
Supermax (Blog: Althouse, Dec. 11, 2006)
TED KACZYNSKI
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
Timothy McVeigh: The Rohrabacher Test (LA Weekly,
July 7, 2005)
Terry Nichols
(Wikipedia)
Terry Nichols
(Rotten.com)
ERIC RUDOLPH
Rudolph on Supermax Prison Issues (April 23, 2008)
The Untold Story of Eric Robert Rudolph (Creative
Loafing, July 26, 2006)
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)
Supermax in Florence Likely New Home
(Rocky Mountain News)
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 Seeks Assistance
|
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: Index
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)
Look for the Union (Feb. 17, 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)
Ramzi Yousef
(Rotten.com)
Ramzi Yousef (New York Times excerpts and links)
The Past as Prologue
OTHER ADX INMATES
Robert
Hanssen (Wikipedia)
David Lane (Anti-Defamation League)
Andrew Mickell (Washington Post, April, 2005)
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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