Westword -- Head Games

What's it like to be locked up, mentally ill and unable to get anyone to listen or help? Alan did a story late last year on what happens at the Colorado State Pen in that situation. Here's the follow up and a link to the original story. Once again a huge thank you goes out to Alan for all the excellent work he has done.

The last time we reported on Troy Anderson, known on the street as Evil, he’d been trying for more than a year to get an appointment with a psychiatrist at the Colorado State Penitentiary. Being locked down with little human contact for year after year can do things to your head, but Anderson already had a long history of mental illness and violence before he ever reached CSP, including several suicide attempts and two shootouts with the cops.

Thanks to our inquiries and the resulting article, “Head Games,” Anderson finally saw a shrink and was evaluated for new medication. But it hasn’t been smooth sailing since; Anderson recently wrote to complain that Colorado Department of Corrections medical staff are still messing with him.
Westword article here.