Media Coverage and Press Releases
Fact Sheets
- ADX Litigation Fact Sheet & Prisoner Profiles (6/18/2012)
Press Releases
- Mentally Ill Prisoners at Federal Supermax File Class Action Suit Alleging Deliberate Mistreatment(6/18/2012)
Audio
- Solitary in Supermax -from Colorado Public Radio (mp3) (View / Download the Transcript)
- A Public Affair – Radio Station KGNU (mp3) (View / Download the Transcript)
Media Coverage
- Suit filed in inmate’s death: Suit alleges Supermax mistreated mentally ill prisoner – Pueblo Chieftain (5/3/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Death, Yes, but Torture at Supermax? – The Atlantic (6/4/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Supermax lawsuit claims horrific abuse of mentally ill – Westword (6/18/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Mentally Ill Prisoners at Federal Supermax File Class Action Suit Alleging Deliberate Mistreatment - Marketwatch (6/18/2012)
- An American Gulag: Descending into Madness at Supermax - The Atlantic (6/18/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Suit Accuses Prison Bureau of Violations – The Wall Street Journal (6/19/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Supermax: The Faces of a Prison’s Mentally Ill - The Atlantic (6/19/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Lawsuit accuses Supermax prison of mistreating mentally ill inmates - Denver Post (6/19/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Lawsuit: Southern Colorado Supermax Prison is ‘monster factory’ - 9News (6/19/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Supermax: The Constitution and Mentally Ill Prisoners - The Atlantic (6/20/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- D.C. inmates in federal prison file suit alleging lack of mental health care - The Washington Post (6/24/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Lawsuit Challenges Conditions at ADX Federal Supermax - Solitary Watch (6/25/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Prison Chief’s Unnerving Suicide-Prevention Memo: ‘I Want You to Succeed’ - The Atlantic (8/3/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Prison Chief Pens Memo Urging Inmates Not to Commit Suicide - International Business Times (8/4/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Federal Prisons Chief to Inmates: Don’t Kill Yourself - Mother Jones (8/12/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- US ‘supermax’ prison is condemned internationally for its abusive regime - The Guardian (9/18/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Two Inmates Aren’t Ill, the BOP Claims – Even Though One Ate His Own Finger - Official Website of Pete Earley (View / Download the PDF)
- Feds in Supermax Lawsuit: Suicidal Prisoner? What Suicidal Prisoner? – The Atlantic (9/23/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Supermax prison officials move to address mental health after lawsuit - The Denver Post (11/26/2012) (View / Download the PDF)
- Finally, Justice at Supermax? If Anyone Can Make the Right Call, It’s This Judge - The Atlantic (1/3/2013) (View / Download the PDF)
- Does America’s Highest-Security Prison Mistreat Mentally Ill Inmates? – National Journal (1/4/2013) (View / Download the PDF)
- Enough is Enough – Time for the Feds to Investigate Prison Abuse – The Atlantic (3/20/2013) (View / Download the PDF)
- Should Mentally Ill Federal Prisoners Be Punished for Suicide Attempts? – The Atlantic (4/1/2013) (View / Download the PDF)
- ‘Supermax’ Suit on Mentally Ill Will Proceed, Judge Rules – Bloomberg (4/23/2013) (View / Download the PDF)
- Judge won’t dismiss Supermax inmates’ claims of inhumane conditions – The Denver Post (4/24/2013) (View / Download the PDF)
- Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss Supermax Abuse Lawsuits – The Atlantic (4/25/2013) (View / Download the PDF)
- The 10 Worst Prisons in America: ADX - Mother Jones (5/1/2013) (View / Download the PDF)