Supermax
Subtitle: controlling risk through solitary confinement
By: Sharon Shalev
Publisher: Willan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cullompton, UK; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781843924098; 9781843924081
Description: This text examines the rise and proliferation of 'supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.