"A year after former President Joe Biden spared 37 prisoners on federal death row from execution by reducing their sentences to life in prison, the Trump administration is making good on its promise to treat them as harshly as possible anyway. Ten of the prisoners were transferred to one of the most restrictive maximum-security prisons in the U.S., an infamous facility in Colorado nicknamed "the Alcatraz of the Rockies" where every prisoner is kept in solitary confinement."
"President Donald Trump and Attorney Pam Bondi have defended their treatment of the prisoners, saying the men deserve it because of their murder convictions. Some family members of people murdered by the prisoners support the transfer of the men to ADX. But interviews conducted and documents obtained by NPR show the actions the Department of Justice have taken to additionally punish the men violate current federal policy, and litigation claims those actions could be unconstitutional."
A year after Biden commuted sentences for 37 federal death-row prisoners, the Trump administration moved many to harsher custody. Ten prisoners were transferred to ADX Florence, a Colorado supermax where inmates remain in solitary confinement. Two were sent to states where prosecutors pledged to seek the death penalty again, two face death charges in Florida, and others await transfer to ADX. The Department of Justice bypassed federal rules to send inmates to ADX, prompting lawsuits claiming those actions may violate federal policy and constitutional protections. Family members of victims express mixed views about the transfers.
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