Hi there. My husband has just been designated to USP Coleman 2. He has just left USP Terre Haute and has begun his 4 week transport. I am looking for any and all infomation on Coleman 2, including SHU info. I am not new to this, so please do not censor - I'd like the good, the bad and the ugly.

Thanks.

I'm in a similar situation. My boyfriend is designated to USP Coleman II also. He is scheduled to start the transfer process tomorrow. I am trying to get as much info as I can on it. Anything will help. Also I am NOT new to this! Any info is much appreicated. He is going on a disciplinary transfer, been there awhile at USP Leavenworth. Will he go straight to the SHU at Coleman? How does their deal work, as far as phones, and such. Thanks.

My husband just left there and he said USP Coleman 2 is better than USP Coleman 1. He was in the SHU there and I will say that I had trouble getting mail to him sometimes. I sent him some mail at the beginning of April and he left the beginning of May to get transferred and he still had not received it. He got it forwarded to him, though. Some mail he has had forwarded, and some has been returned to me. Coleman 2 seemed to be more responsive to his medical requests, and he said that it was known to not have the gang-related problems that some of the other USP's have. He never had phone privileges while he was there, so I can't advise on that. I will say that he had been at Coleman 1 and their SHU got overcrowded, so they moved him down to Coleman 2 and someone there let him call me "on the house" to let me know that they had moved him. Good luck to him and you!

I can see that you originally posted this a few months ago, but I just found you and can tell you a little. My boyfriend just finished 22 months at Coleman USP 2. It wasn't bad at all, compared to where he is now. He was able to eat pretty well. The CO's treated him respectfully and he didn't have to many problems with other inmates. The inmates seem to divide themselves according to where they are from. Raw is from St. Pete/Tampa and tended to hang out with other inmates from this area. He had a decent unit manager and counselor that seemed to try to help him if he had any special needs or requests. He did have to visit the SHU a few times while he was there, but it still wasn't bad. I could still visit him, it was just through glass. The SHU visiting rooms are small and uncomfortable, but at least we still got to see each other and communicate. The SIS officers keep a very close eye on visitors and the visiting room officers can be very strict. They don't play when it comes to how you dress to visit. The thing that bothered me most about him being at USP Coleman was the periods of "lock down". Once they were locked down for like two months, when two inmates were killed. It gets really hard for them when locked down for that long. But its clean, air conditioned and doesn't have bugs or rodents, so thank heavens for the little things.