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Civil Rights Clinic in the News

• Columbustelgram.com, May 17, 2012 – Mentally ill inmates sue to get out of solitary

• Additional news coverage for Troy Anderson case:
  • www.necn.com
  • www.thedenverchannel.com
  • www.9news.com

• Westword.com, May 7, 2012 – Troy Anderson lawsuit: Supermax conditions draw criticism from judge

• Law Week Colorado, May 1, 2012 – Mentally Ill Inmate Caught In A Catch-22, Advocate Says

• Mother Jones magazine features Civil Rights Clinic solitary confinement case

• DenverPost.com, November 26, 2011 – University of Denver clinic has students act as attorneys for prisoners

• “Washington Post.com, November 18, 2011 – Convicted terrorists file suit asking federal court to return them to less restrictive lockup”

• The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio, May 1, 2011 – Inmate sues after 28 years in solitary

• DenverPost.com, April 29, 2011—Supermax inmate suing to lessen solitary confinement

• Denver Post – 4/29/2011

• Psyche, Science and Society, April 11, 2011—Lawrence Tribe, Obama Constitutional law teacher, joins critics of Manning’s treatment

• Solitary Watch, April 6, 2011—Solitary confinement comes to Capitol Hill

• CPR – 6/20/2010

• Law Week – 6/20/2010

• Denver Post – 6/20/2010

• Vail Daily – 5/2010

• Vail Channel 5 News – 5/2010

• 9News – 4/20/2010

• Denver Post – 1/2009 – Sturm College of Law Professor Laura Rovner and her Civil Rights Clinic are quoted in a Susan Greene column in the Denver Post about Supermax inmate Tommy Silverstein, who has been in solitary confinement for 20+ years, longer than the legendary Birdman of Alcatraz.

• Denver Post – 8/2009

• Rocky Mountain News – 11/2007

• DBA – 10/2007

• NPR – 7/2007

• Denver Post – 6/2007

• DU Today – 6/2007