Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement
by
Sharon Shalev
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This book 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.
Drawing on unique access to two Supermax prisons and on in-depth interviews with prison officials,...