A new federal lawsuit accuses the Supermax in Florence, Colorado – the country's most secure federal prison – of chronic abuse and neglect among its mentally ill prisoners. One of them, Jack Powers, witnessed the murder of another inmate by three others. After repeated threats to his own safety, Powers was diagnosed with PTSD but subsequently denied regular treatment. Andrew Cohen has more on the sad state of affairs:
As he sits today in Supermax, Powers had amputated his fingers, a testicle, his scrotum and his earlobes, has cut his Achilles tendon, and had tried several times to kill himself. … Over and over again he was threatened at the Colorado prison. Over and over again he injured or mutilated himself in response. Over and over again he was transferred to federal government's special mental health prison facility in Missouri, diagnosed with PTSD, and given medication. Over and over again that medication was taken away when he came back to Supermax.
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