Stop Solitary - Reports and Studies
Supermax Incarceration and Recidivism
By Daniel P. Mears and William D. Bales
CRIMINOLOGY VOLUME 47 NUMBER 4 2009
We find evidence that supermax incarceration may increase violent recidivism but find no evidence of an effect of the duration of supermax incarceration or the recency of such incarceration to the time of release into society. We discuss the findings and their implications for theory, research, and policy.
Recidivism of Supermax Prisoners in Washington State
By David Lovell, L. Clark Johnson and Kevin C. Cain
Crime & Delinquency 2007 53: 633
Breaking Men's Minds: Behavior Control and Human Experimentation at the Federal Prison in Marion
By Eddie Griffin
Journal of Prisoners on Prisons Vol. 4 No. 2 (1993)
Inalienable Rights: Applying international human rights standards to the U.S. criminal justice system
By The American Friends Service Committee, Criminal Justice Program, Prison Watch Project
The Prison Inside the Prison: Control Units, Supermax Prisons, and Devices of Torture
By Rachel Kamel and Bonnie Kerness
American Friends Service Committee
2003
Torture in United States Prisons: Evidence of Human Rights Violations
2nd Edition
American Friends Service Committee, New York Metropolitan Region, Healing Justice Program
2011
The False Promise of Adolescent Brain Science in Juvenile Justice
By Terry A. Maroney
Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 85:1, 2009
Jailing Juveniles: The Dangers of Incarcerating Youth in Adult Jails in America
By the Campaign for Youth Justice
November 2007
Conditions of Confinement: Isolation and Related Issues
From: Custody and Control:
Conditions of Confinement in New York's Juvenile Prisons for Girls
Human Rights Watch/ACLU
September 2006
Juvenile Justice: Lessons For A New Era
By Mark Soler, Dana Shoenberg, and Mark Schindler
Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy
Volume XVI, Symposium Issue 2009