@sacramentourbanmedia916: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the #Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the federal “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, ruling the move likely violates their Fifth Amendment due process rights. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly found evidence that officials appeared to predetermine the inmates’ transfer to ADX Florence after President Joe Biden commuted their sentences to life in prison in December 2024. Kelly said the prisoners were denied a meaningful opportunity to challenge the redesignations, calling the process potentially a “sham.” The preliminary injunction keeps the inmates — formerly housed on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana — in their current facilities while the lawsuit proceeds. The Justice Department argued the Bureau of Prisons has broad authority over inmate placements and that ADX conditions have been upheld by courts. The inmates’ attorneys contend the prison’s extreme isolation amounts to unusually harsh confinement.#fyp #viral
