Supermax Prison

Gov. Quinn's Proposal to Close Tamms Supermax Prison Got It Right

Locke Bowman | Posted 05.13.2012

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For those of us who've seen Tamms at close range, it was a welcome surprise to learn that Governor Pat Quinn proposes shuttering the prison.

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Convicted Terrorists Unfairly Moved To Colo. Supermax?

AP | Posted 01.18.2012

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By Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- Four convicted terrorists want a federal appeals court to return them to less restrictive prisons after they spe...

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Convicted Terrorist Wins Right To Sue Colo. Prison Over Restrictions

AP | STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 12.05.2011

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DENVER — A man convicted of a 1998 terrorist strike on the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania has won the right to sue the federal government over tight r...

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Anti-Government Militia Leader Found Dead In Colo. Supermax

AP | Posted 11.20.2011

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FLORENCE, Colo. -- The former head of the Montana Freemen, an anti-government separatist group that held the FBI at bay for 81 days in 1996, has been ...

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Oklahoma City Bomb Conspirator Says He's Being Force Fed At Supermax

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols says prison officials in Colorado inserted IVs into his veins and force fed him followi...

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Ahmed Abu Ali, Terror Suspect, And His Solitary Confinement In Florence's Supermax

AlterNet | Mariam Abu-Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

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My brother, Ahmed Abu Ali, has spent the past five years in solitary confinement, under 23-hour lockdown, in a 7x12 cell. He has one recreational hour...

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27 Years In Solitary: Time For Thought In Florence Supermax

CNN | Stephanie Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

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(CNN) -- Tommy Silverstein has been held in solitary confinement for the past 27 years, longer than anyone else in the federal prison system, his lawy...

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Scrutiny Promised For Illinois' Supermax Prison

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Randle, Illinois Prisons, Supermax Prison, Illinois Supermax Prison, Tamms Correctional Center, Brandon Phelps, Chicago News

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Tamms Correctional Center's first warden made no apologies for christening the tough southwest Illinois prison a home for a "very un...

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