Supermax Housing: A Survey of Current Practice. Special Issues in Corrections

摘要

The NIC Prisons Division and Information Center initiated a nationwide survey of211u001ecurrent supermax housing practice in December 1996. Goals of the project were to 211u001eidentify current and planned supermax housing, to explore issues in inmate 211u001emanagement in supermax, and to examine the programming provided to inmates in 211u001esupermax housing. Responses were received from corrections departments (DOCs) in 211u001e50 states; the District of Columbia; New York City, New York; Cook County 211u001e(Chicago), Illinois; and from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Correctional 211u001eService of Canada.