(Boston Herald) Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is suing the federal government for $250,000 over what he says in a hand-written lawsuit is “disturbing” and “unprofessional” treatment inside the supermax prison in Colorado.
Tsarnaev, now 26, accuses guards and the warden at the Federal Correctional Complex Florence — called the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” — of being “unlawful, unreasonable and discriminatory.”
He specifically cites the confiscation of his white baseball cap and bandana that he purchased at the prison commissary and not being able to take more showers. He adds the harsh treatment has made his life inside the prison’s H-Unit so anxious it is adding to his “mental and physical decline.”
The lawsuit was filed Monday and assigned to a federal judge, according to court records.
