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  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Gory prison video of Joey Estrella's murder, disemboweling shouldn't be released, court rules

    ​Gruesome video footage taken at a Colorado federal penitentiary of two inmates taunting guards and mutilating the corpse of their cellmate won't be released to the news media any time soon -- even though the videos were shown in open court to two juries in a failed effort to obtain the death ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    In the Florence pen, it's risky not to join the riot

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Life in the Florence Prison: It's a Riot

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    A Supermax Slaughter Cuts Both Ways

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2007

    Understaffing the Supermax

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2007

    Muzzling the Messenger: A Supermax Story

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2007

    Pass the Liver, Hold the Fava Beans

    ​The dysfunctional high-security federal penitentiary in Florence has been the scene of all sorts of gang-related mayhem, from the grisly 1999 disembowelment of inmate Joey Estrella to the 2008 racial uprising in the yard, in which guards fired on brawling prisoners and killed two (as reported ... More >>

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of June 10, 2003

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Cowboy Justice

    They ran the toughest cellblock in the most dangerous prison in the state. It was the perfect place to beat inmates.

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    The Long Silence

    Federal prisoners' fight to get the word out reaches unprintable extremes.

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    The Cowboy Way

    Federal prison guards accused of beating inmates have their own support group -- the officers' union.

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Marked for Death

    Trapped in a prison race war, Tony Francis had three choices: kill, snitch or run. He found another way out.

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    Fight Club

    The Cowboys set up federal prisoners for beatings -- and blamed it all on the inmates.

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