Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement

By Sharon Shalev

Book Overview

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.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843924080
• ISBN13: 9781843924081
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"