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Wikipedia: Supermax
Defines control-unit, maximum-security prisons known as Supermax prisons in the United States and other countries. Includes a list of U.S. supermax prison units, maximum security prisons in other countries, and famous supermax inmates.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermax
Supermaxed
Presents issues and information about Super Maximum Security Prisons in the U.S. with an emphasis on Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
www.supermaxed.com
Control Unit Prisons
History of control unit prisons.
www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~kastor/ceml_articles/cu_in_us.html
What is a Supermax Prison?
1996 essay discusses supermax prisons, the peope who are put into the maximum security prison units, and the effects of supermaxes on inmates, guards, and the community.
www.spunk.org/texts/prison/sp001611.txt
Digress Magazine: SuperMax Prisons in Appalachia
Describes a tour of Red Onion State Prison when it opened in 1998.
www.digressmagazine.com/1supermax.html
Four Years in Solitary Confinement
Details the monotony and sensory deprivation of isolation in the Security Housing Unit at Valley State Prison for Women.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/04/09/SC973...
America's most unwanted turn to the law
Report from the Guardian about high-risk prisoners in U.S. supermax jails seeking legal relief from the 'living tomb'.
www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,631575,00.html
Locked Down: Gangs in the Supermax [read review]
In-depth feature from American RadioWorks.
americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prisongangs/index.html
Human Rights Violations in The United States - Red Onion State Prison: Super-Maximum Security Confinement in Virginia
Argues that treatment of inmates at Red Onion State Prison, Virginia's first super-maximum security facility, raises serious human rights concerns.
www.hrw.org/reports/1999/redonion
Control Unit Prisons [SHU]
Includes information, history, and organization of control unit prisons.
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2398/shucontrolunits.html
Cold Storage
Offers information on Super-Maximum Security Confinement in Indiana.
www.hrw.org/reports/1997/usind
Out of Sight HRW Briefing Paper on Supermaximum Prisons
Offers human rights perspective on supermax prisons.
www.hrw.org/reports/2000/supermax
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Supermax Prisons
PDF file researches the goals, impacts, and costs of super-maximum security prisons in the U.S.
www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/211971.pdf#search='supermax%20prisons'