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The Caged Life
These articles look into the treatment of the most isolated inamte at the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum (ADX), Thomas Silverstein.The use of long-term isolation to help manage prisoners is now a growing trend in America, especially during times when terrorism is considered at large.
Tags: 9/11: terror; security; safety; isolate; Bureau of Prisoners; BOP;
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Lone Wolf: Eric Rudolph: Murder, Myth, and the Pursuit of an American Outlaw
"Lone Wolf is an inside look at a domestic terrorism investigation and prosecution, told from multiple points of view, including those of the FBI, ATF, US Attorney's offices, local law enforcement, defense attorneys and the bomber himself."
Tags: domestic terrorism investigation; FBI; ATF; lone offenders; McVeigh; Kaczynski; PACER electronic filing system; Richard Jewell; Administrative Maximum U.S. Penitentiary; ADX; Justice Department; UNABOM; CENTBOMB; Army of God
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A Broken Code
This story looks at a top-secret intelligence unit within the U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum (ADX) prison and examines claims that prisoners in the program exaggerate their gang status and knowledge of criminal activity within ADX to curry favor and win extraordinary privileges. The unit was supposed to benefit authorities by providing them with information from inmate snitches about criminal activities going on both inside and outside the prison.The snitches were to provide information on fellow gang members and corrupt prison staff and detail how they obtained weapons or passed messages inside the prison. But at least one ADX prisoner claims inmate snitches in the program manipulated prison staff and lied about innocent people to win special privileges.
Tags: ADX; U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum; gangs; federal supermax; snitches; Aryan Brotherhood; U.S. Bureau of Prisons; drugs; federal prisons
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A Broken Code
U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum, (ADX) outside Florence, Colorado "has been the focus of a Justice Department probe into staff assaults on inmates and charges of mismanagement revolving around the creation of a special supermax snitch unit, where Aryan Brotherhood 'defectors' have manipulated administrators into providing special privileges and sensitive information about staff.
Tags: Aryan Brotherhood (AB); gangs; criminals; prison; informants; inmates; snitch; Bureau of Prisons; warden
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End of the Line
The Westword examines the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility, better known as ADX. The prison replaces the federal penitentiary in Marion, IL as the U.S. Bureau of Prisons' highest security penitentiary.