A lawsuit alleges severe abuse of federal prisoners at ADX-Florence in Colorado, what's known as a supermax facility where many inmates are housed in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. It charges the government violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.
Guests
Laura Sullivan, investigative correspondent, NPR
Walter Dickey, professor, University of Wisconsin Law School
George Welborn, first warden at Tamms Correctional Center in Illinois
