SUPERMAXED.COM August 12, 2008
An informational and educational Website about Supermax and Maximum Security Prisons . . .
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U.S. Prison Resources and Information
ADX Federal Supermax Prison, Florence, CO
Major U. S. Supermax Prisons
FEDERAL SUPERMAX (ADX) PRISON
Florence, Colorado
The Paradox of Supermax,
Time Magazine, Jan. 25, 2007
Supermax Reports
Report on Monitoring Mail of High Risk Inmates
U.S. Dept. of Justice - September, 2006Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons
Report: Confronting Confinement - June 6, 2006, 226 pages, PDF
Prisons at Center of Damning U.N. Report - Rizfi, July 12, 2006National Public Radio Reports:
Life in Solitary Confinement (Index to Special Reports)
June 26-28, 2006: A 3-Part Series by Laura SullivanPart 1: At Pelican Bay Prison - A life in solitary
Part 2: Prisons Rethink Supermax
Part 3: Making it on the OutsideSupplementation:
Timeline: Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons
Jamie Fellner: Solitary Confinement & Human Rights
Roger Pilon: Solitary Confinement & the Law
Working the Isolation Unit: A Prison Officer's TaleMay 4, 2006: Michelle Norris and Karen G. Bates
America's Supermax and A Cell in Supermax Prison
Supermax Law
Indiana Corrections Dept. Settles Case with ACLU
Solitary Confinement "Inappropriate" for Mentally Ill Prisoners
ACLU Press Release, January 30, 2007
U.S. Dept. of Justice Report on Inmates' Mental Health Problems
Mast vs. Donohue Complaint
Mast vs. Donohue Settlement AgreementCourt Cites Cruel Conditions at Wisconsin Supermax
Stripped naked in a small prison cell with nothing except a toilet; forced to sleep on a concrete floor or slab; denied any human contact... this might sound like a stay at a Soviet gulag in the 1930s...it is, according to the claims in this case, Wisconsin in 2002.
Gillis v. Litscher (7th Cir., Nov. 15, 2006)Judge Rules 12 Years in Solitary not Cruel or Unusual
Fleming v. Nebraska, et al. (USDC. Neb. Oct. 16, 2006)Wisconsin Supermax Prison Conditions Not Bad Enough to Allow Dahmer Killer's Lawsuit
January 20, 2006 - The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in an opinion by Judge Posner that Jeffrey Dahmer's killer cannot sue Wisconsin officials over his treatment in Supermax prison, even though officials should have known supermax prison conditions worsened his mental illness.
Taking Supermax Seriously - Comment (Concurring Opinions Blog)
U.S. Supreme Court Approves Ohio Supermax Policy
June 13, 2005 - In Wilkinson v. Austin, No. 04-495, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. The syllabus is here; Justice Kennedy's opinion is here; and the oral argument transcript is here.
Supermax Prisons: Increasing Security
or Permitting Persecution?
M Bishop, 47 Arizona Law Review 261 (2005)Supermax Prisons and the Constitution:
Liability Concerns in the Extended Control Unit, William Collins, U.S. Justice Dept., NIC, Nov., 2004.The Common Law of Supermax Litigation:
David Fathi, Pace Law Journal, February, 2005Technology and the 8th Amendment
The Problem of Supermax Prisons
4 N.C. Journal of Law and Technology (2002)Out of Time: Max Security & the Dark Trickster
Christina Olson Spiesel, Quinnipiac Univ. (2002)If the SHU Fits: Pelican Bay - Cruel and Unusual?
Sally Mann Romano, 45 Emory L. J. (Summer, 1996)
SUPERMAX REPORTS
Buried Alive
American Friends Service Committee-Arizona, May, 2007Life in Solitary Confinement, 12,775 Days Alone
AlterNet, April 17, 2007Maine State Prison and Supermax Watch
current blog, by Deane Brown
Parchman: "Eat or Get Ate"
by Brian Johnson, Jackson Free Press, April 11, 2007
ACLU Complaint (29 pgs); Settlement AgreementLife in Solitary Confinement: 12,775 Days Alone
by Brooke Shelby Biggs, AlterNet, April 17, 2007325 Collective - An insurgent anti-prison zine of social war & anarchy
April, 2007, magazine and June, 2006, magazineArizona Prisons: A Reporter's Notebook - The Wickenberg Sun
Part 1 - Feb. 21, 2007 - Part 2 - Feb. 28, 2007 - Part 3 - Mar. 7, 2007Does Separation Equal Suffering? - St. Petersburg Times, Dec. 17, 2006
Why is Cruel & Unusual Getting Crueler? - Deepak Chopra, June 26, 2006
Solitary Life: Inmates Kept Apart, Winston-Salem Journal, May 5, 2006
The U.S. Gulag Prison System Z-Net, Steve Lendman, April 21, 2006
Is the End in Sight for Supermax Forbes, April 18, 2006
Supermax Prisons Losing Favor Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Feb. 5, 2006
Cruel and Unusual, Dying in Supermax Seven Days, January 25, 2006
Comm. on Prison Safety and Abuse Vince Nathan Statement, July 2005
Austalia's New Supermax Prison Melbourne Indymedia, May 2005
Gangs Keep Tight Rein - NPR, March 12, 2005
Gangs Reach Out - National Public Radio, March 7, 2005
Taken to the Max Prison NW Univ., March 2005
Maxed Out - Colorado's Prisons Westworld, December 2004
Recidivism of Washington Supermax Prisoners, U. of Wash, April 2004
The Solitary Men Boston Globe, April 4, 2004
Murder in Maximum Security The New Yorker, February 9, 2004
The Pain of Prison, The Why Files, Univ. of Wisconsin, April, 2003
A History of Hard Time Legal Affairs, Jan.-Feb., 2003
Killing Me Every Day Amy Abugo Ongiri; Encrucijada/Crossroads, 2003
Prisoners Released from Extreme Isolation USA Today, Dec. 2002
Return of the Madhouse American Prospect Online, February, 2002
America's Most Unwanted The Guardian Jan. 2002
Out of Time: Max Security and the Dark Trickster C.O. Speisel, 2002
If You Build It, They Will Come Excerpt - Wisc. Law Review, Spring, 2001
Long Term Lockdown National Catholic Reporter, Dec. 8, 2000
Super-Max Punishment, Resist, Mara Taub, 2000
The Supermax Solution. Village Voice, May, 1999
Amnesty International on Supermax Prisons, Amnesty Intnl., 1999
Supermax' Prisons Typify U.S. Attitudes, Chicago Tribune, Aug., 1998
Trend Worries Experts - CNN, Jan. 9, 1998
Prisons, Punishment, and Profiteers, by Tony Samara, 1998
Long Term and Dangerous Inmates Jess Maghan, U. of C., Dec. 1996
Control Unit Prisons Frank Atwood, Arizona State Prison, undated
Control Unit Prisons in the U.S., Totse.com, 1992/1995
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Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and U.S.SUPERMAXED - PAGE 2:
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The author and webmaster of "Supermaxed.com" is an attorney with a possibly perverse fascination with Supermax prisons and the torture and abuse of prisoners. He can be reached by e-mail at: max@supermaxed.com
STOPMAX: THE FIGHT AGAINST SUPERMAX PRISONS HEATS UP
by Jessica Pupovac, AlterNet, August 11, 2008
GUANTANAMO:
Beyond the Law
McClatchy Newspapers InvestigationInsanity Inside Guantanamo
Salon, June 10, 2008Locked Up Alone
Human Rights Watch Report, June 10, 2008
Maryland Supermax Warden Gives Tour of Prison
Crime Victims Tour Supermax
Baltimore Sun, April 12, 2008From Inside Supermax - 8 Part Series
Compassion in Juvenile Sentencing - Feb. 25, 26, 2008Fair & Balanced Assessment of Supermax Prisons
Daniel Mears and Jamie Watson, Justice Quarterly - June, 2006Evaluating Effectiveness of Supermax Prisons
Daniel Mears, Justice Policy Center - March, 2006Benefit-Cost Analysis for Supermax
Lawrence & Mears, Justice Policy Center - August, 2004
SUPERMAX AS A TECHNOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT
Lorna Rhodes, Social Research, June 22 2007LOCKDOWN - INSIDE MAXIMUM SECURITY
1 of 3 2 of 3 3 of 3SUPERMAX LOCKDOWN
Le Monde diplomatique, Avery Gordon, Nov. 2006SUPERMAX PRISONS ARE TORTURE:
Democratic Underground.com, Dec. 12-15, 2006LIFE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
NPR Series, July 26-28, 2006THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PRISON SYSTEM
BBC News, Matthew Davis, April 7, 2006SUPERMAX PRISONS: THEIR RISE . . .
Pizarro-Stenius, The Prison Journal, June 2004SURVIVING MAXIMUM SECURITY
National Geographic ExplorerTORTURE: AMERICA'S BRUTAL PRISONS
United Kingdom; Channel 4 videoLOCKED DOWN: GANGS IN THE SUPERMAX
American RadioWorks documentary
HOW WE GOT THE SECURITY HOUSING UNIT (SHU)
Terry Kupers, M.D. as told to Trevor PaglenSUPERMAX AUSTRALIA
Four Corners - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Broadband Edition
A Visit to the NSW HRMU SupermaxPERSPECTIVES ON EVIL AND HUMAN WICKEDNESS
An Electronic Journal - Wickedness.Net
SUPERMAX PSYCHOLOGY
End Psychologist's Role in State Torture
by Stephen Soldz, Boston Globe, August 12, 2008Are (Supermax) Prisons Driving Prisoners Mad?
Time Magazine, Jan. 26, 2007Prison Horrors Haunt Guards' Private Lives
Denver Post, March 24, 2007Supermaxing the Brain
Crime & Consequences, Jan. 29, 2007No Touch Torture
Dr. Helen, January 29, 2007The Case Against Supermax
Sentencing Law and Policy Blog, Jan. 28, 2007Death Be Not Proud, Aug. 13-15, 2006
I Could Use Some Time to Myself, Aug. 4, 2006
Turn Your Head and Scoff (Prison Psychiatrist's Blog)Mental Illness and Supermax Prison
TPM-Cafe, May, 2006Psychological Effects of Supermax Prison
Inside Prison, April, 2006Madness in Maximum Security
Peter Monaghan, Chronicles of Higher Ed. June 18, 2004Supermax Prisons Creating Mental Cases
Sandrine Ageorges, L.A. Times, October, 2003A Psychologist's View of "Evil" in Max Security Prisons
1 Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness, No. 3
James Piatt, July 2003Mental Health Issues: Solitary and Supermax Confinement
Craig Haney, 49 Crime & Delinquency 124, January, 2003lll-Equipped: Prisons and Mental Illness
Human Rights Watch Report, 2003The Psychological Impact of Incarceration
Craig Haney, U.C. Santa Cruz, December, 2001Cognitive Intervention Program in Segregate Confinement
Diane Cohen, 2 Journal of Undergraduate Research, July 2001Solitary Confinement Torture in the U.S.
Bonnie Kerness; American Friends Service Comm., 1998Twenty-Five Years Later
Haney & Zimbardo, 53 American Psychologist, No. 7, July 1998The Stanford Experiment (1971):
Zimbardo's Website - Simulated Supermax Prison
More Supermax References & Reports
Control Units - Prisons Within Prisons
A Critical Look at Supermax Prisons
Polunsky Unit, Texas - Welcome to Hell
Jurist News Archives:
INTERVIEW WITH "TORTURE & DEMOCRACY" AUTHOR
Scott Horton, Harper's Magazine, Feb. 13, 2008GUANTANAMO BAY: REPORT FROM CAMP 6
Toronto Star, Feb. 4, 2007UIGHERS' DETENTION CONDITIONS CONDEMNED
Washington Post, Jan. 30, 2007OBSIDIAN WINGS BLOG: TORTURE AND DETENTION
The Torture of Jose Padilla, pt. 1 - Hilzoy, Jan. 10, 2007
Interrogation, pt. 2 - Jan. 10, 2007
A Feature, Not a Bug, pt. 3 - Jan. 15, 2007
Slow & Daily Tampering with . . . the Brain - Jan. 30, 2007MORE THOUGHTS ON PADILLA
Unfogged, LizardBreath, Dec. 12, 2006CRUEL AND DEGRADING: ATTACK DOGS
Human Rights Watch, Oct. 19, 2006TORTURE TACTICS REFINED AT U.S. PRISONS
The Nation, Sept. 28, 2006OUTSOURCING TORTURE
Massachusetts School of Law, May 6, 2006PRESSURE RISING - TORTURE REVISISTED
The Portland Phoenix - March 23, 2006BRUTALITY AND TORTURE - Western Prison Project
CONTEMPLATING TORTURE - Prisoner Solidarity
Bill Nichols - Jan. 27, 2006SOLITARY CONFINEMENT TORTURE IN THE U.S.
by Bonnie Kerness, American Friends Service Comm.CHAIN OF COMMAND
Seymour Hersh - The New Yorker - May 17, 2004TORTURE AT ABU GHRAIB
Seymour Hersh - The New Yorker - May 10, 2004
Supermax Books
Sasha Abramski: American Furies:
Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass ImprisonmentInterview by Prema Polit, AlterNet, April 14, 2007
American Furies: Review, May 11, 2007James H. Bruton: The Big House
Alan Elsner: Gates of Injustice
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Reviews
Up the River (article)Joseph Hallinan: Going Up the River
John Irwin; The Warehouse Prison
Alfred McCoy: A Question of Torture
Lorna Rhodes: Total Confinement
