America's Prisons
America's Prisons | Violent Offenders Should Be Placed in Supermax Prisons
The super maximum security prison—or supermax prison— is a recent trend in the American penal system. Supermaxes are separate, highly controlled facilities designed to house inmates that are too violent to be held safely in the general prison population. In the following viewpoint, Jessica Gavora describes one such program in Maryland. Supermax prisons are effective, she argues, because they protect other inmates and prison staff. She opposes federal efforts to restrict their use. Gavora is the director of the New Citizenship Project, a nonprofit public policy group.
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Are Prisons Effective?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- The Prison System Works
- The Prison System Does Not Work
- More Imprisonment Is Needed
- More Imprisonment Is Not Needed
- Imprisonment Reduces Crime
- Imprisonment Does Not Reduce Crime
- Privatization Would Benefit the Prison System
- Privatization Would Not Benefit the Prison System
- Chapter 1: Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: How Should Prisons Treat Inmates?
- Chapter 3: Should Prisons Use Inmate Labor?
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Chapter 4: What Are the Alternatives to Prisons?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Parole Can Succeed as an Alternative
- Parole and Probation Have Not Succeeded as Alternatives
- Drug Treatment Can Succeed as an Alternative
- Drug Offenders Should Be Imprisoned
- Creative Sentencing Can Provide Effective Alternatives
- Creative Sentencing May Not Provide Effective Alternatives
- Shame-Based Punishment Can Be an Effective Alternative
- Shame-Based Punishment May Not Be an Effective Alternative
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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