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Jury to decide if deadly stomping at Supermax was planned
March 8, 2012 7:55 AM
Federal prosecutors now say an inmate at the Supermax federal prison, planned the deadly stomping of a fellow prisoner in 2005. The prison is off Highway 50, in Florence. But defense attorneys say Dominic Stewart unexpectedly killed of Gregory Joiner in the heat of passion. According to the... more » -
Judge: Terrorist can sue over prison restrictions
October 5, 2011 4:03 PM
DENVER (AP) - 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 restrictions on his visitors and letter-writing at the federal Supermax prison in southern Colorado. Khalfan Khamis Mohammed is serving a life... more » -
Supermax inmate dies
September 20, 2011 1:20 PM
A 73 year old inmate at the Supermax prison in Florence has died in his cell. Leroy Schweitzer was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday morning. Efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. A statement released by Bureau of Prisons says that Schweitzer's death appears to have been from natural causes.... more » -
Colorado Judge dismisses Oklahoma City bomber's suit
August 18, 2010 8:15 AM
A federal judge in Denver has dismissed claims by Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols that prison officials violated his constitutional rights by depriving him of a diet he requested for health and religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello said in a ruling issued Monday that Nichols didn't... more » -
Judge keeps Supermax inmate's lawsuit alive
March 24, 2010 5:28 PM
A judge says a federal inmate who killed at least two other inmates and a correctional officer can proceed with a lawsuit challenging his placement in solitary confinement. Thomas Silverstein has been in the federal prison system since 1978 following a conviction for an armed bank robbery. He has... more »
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