The Globalization of Supermax Prisons

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The Globalization of Supermax Prisons Critical Issues in Crime and Society Raymond J. Michalowski, Series Editor Critical Issues in Crime and Society is oriented toward critical analysis of contemporary problems in crime and justice. The series is open to a broad range of topics including specific types of crime, wrongful behavior by economically or politically powerful actors, controversies over justice system practices, and issues related to the intersection of identity, crime, and justice. It is committed to offering thoughtful works that will be accessible to scholars and professional criminologists, general readers, and students. For a list of titles in the series, see the last page of the book. Edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross Foreword by Loïc Wacquant Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London The Globalization of Supermax Prisons Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The globalization of supermax prisons / edited by Jeffrey Ian Ross. p. cm. — (Critical issues in crime and society) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-8135-5741-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8135-5740-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8135-5742-7 (e-book) 1. Prisons. 2. Prison administration. 3. Prisons—United States. 4. Prison administration—United States. I. Ross, Jeffrey Ian. HV8665.G53 2013 365⬘.33—dc23 2012012091 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. This collection copyright © 2013 by Rutgers, The State University Individual chapters copyright © 2013 in the names of their authors All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America ...