The Marion Experiment : long-term solitary confinement and the supermax movement /

The Marion Experiment : long-term solitary confinement and the supermax movement / edited by Stephen C. Richards. - 1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations. - Elmer h johnson & carol holmes johnson series in criminology . - Elmer H. Johnson and Carol Holmes Johnson series in criminology. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The Marion Experiment combines academic research with personal accounts by prisoners to investigate solitary confinement and supermax prisons. USP Marion became a model for supermax prisons, with many other prison systems--in the U.S. and abroad--copying the special architectural and program innovations there"--

9780809333776


Prisons--Law and legislation--United States.
Imprisonment--United States.
Solitary confinement--United States.


Electronic books.

KF9730 / .M37 2015

365/.33