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	Supermax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Supermax is the name used to describe "control-unit" prisons or units within prisons, representing the most secure and austere levels of custody in the prison systems of the United States and other countries.
		The term "supermax", however, originated in the United States as a contraction of "super-maximum," and the concept developed from the permanent lockdown of the Federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois dating from 1983 when two corrections officers at that prison were murdered by inmates in two separate incidents on the same day.
		Other Supermax prisons that have gained notoriety for their cruel conditions and attendant litigation by inmates and advocates are the former Boscobel (in Wisconsin), now named the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility, Red Onion (in Western Virginia, the twin to Wallens Ridge), Tamms (in Illinois), and the Ohio State Penitentiary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Supermax (1109 words)

	Return of the Madhouse Supermax prisons are becoming the high-tech equivalent of the nineteenth-century snake pit.
		Last year, the average population of the Pelican Bay supermax unit was 1,200 inmates, and on average, 288 men shared their tiny space with a "cellie." Since 1995, 12 double-bunked prisoners in the Pelican Bay supermax unit have been murdered by their cell mates.
		The supermax models emerged out of the prison violence of the 1970s and the early 1980s, when dozens of guards around the country, including two at the maximum-security federal prison at Marion, Illinois, were murdered by prisoners.
		Supermax critics are also trying to call attention to the public costs, which are not just financial.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Prison_System/Return_Madhouse.html (2710 words)

	Supermax Prisons
		Supermax prisons (control units, maxi-maxis) differ intrinsically from lesser security institutions in three principal respects.
		Standard procedure in non-supermax prisons would require that a prisoner be returned, as of right, to the general prison population at the conclusion of his punitive segregation term.
		And the racial disparities in supermax prisons tend to be even greater than in the rest of the prison population.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Prison_System/Supermax_Prisons.html (1214 words)

	AlterNet: Iraq 'Supermax' Prison Won't Wipe Away Abu Ghraib Stain
		Supermaxes have been called by the prisoners, "torture chambers," where they are subjected to flagrant human rights and civil liberties violations, and appalling psychological and physical abuses.
		Supermax prisons were built during the 1980s and early 1990s when states were flush with cash, and lawmakers and much of the public were in a lock em' up and throw away the key mood with criminals.
		The mounting evidence that supermax prisons were not being used solely to confine dangerous and violent prisoners, and that the prisoners in these jails were being abused and their rights violated, stirred no outcry from politicians or the public.
	www.alternet.org /columnists/story/18819 (940 words)

	Four Corners - 07/11/2005: Supermax
		Supermax, aka the High Risk Management Unit at Goulburn in southern NSW, is also at the very heart of Australia’s counter-terrorism strategy.
		Journeying into the futuristic, hi-tech Supermax is also a venture back into history, to the darkest corner of a nation that grew over two centuries from a community of prisoners and prison guards.
		Supermax and Goulburn are at the sharpest end of Australia’s historic debate on prison reform.
	www.abc.net.au /4corners/content/2005/s1496719.htm (613 words)

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		"Supermax" is short for "super-maximum security." It is a place designed to house violent prisoners or prisoners who might threaten the security of the guards or other prisoners.
		Announcing the groundbreaking of Ohio's new $65 million 500-bed supermax prison to be built in Youngstown, the state's prison chief, Reginald A. Wilkinson, is reported to have said this prison will be where "the worst of the worst of the worst" will be confined in near isolation.
		Supermax prisons are justified by prison officials as necessary to control violent prisoners and other troublemakers.
	www.spunk.org /texts/prison/sp001611.txt (3980 words)

	Supermax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		NSU-Max / Supermax und andere historische Fahrzeuge Bilder von NSU-Max und NSU-Supermax sowie historischen Rennfahrzeugen und Oldtimern verschiedener Marken.
		DDE's Supermax ECAD Integrated layout software for circuit board, MCM and hybrid designs, with RF and high-speed design capabilities.
		Supermax Glove Manufacturing Sdn Bhd Manufacturer of disposable latex examination gloves.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Supermax.html (258 words)

	Is The End In Sight For Supermax? - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Supermax prisons, also known as Special (or Security) Handling Units or Control Handling Units, are known for their strict lockdown policies, lack of amenities and prisoner isolation techniques.
		There’s also the possibility that some elements of the Supermax model could be combined with the approaches of traditional prisons, creating a hybrid that serves a wider population.
		It’s worth considering that the Supermax model--which includes prisoner isolation for 23 out of every 24 hours a day--may be serving as a deterrent to some violent criminals, a kind of brightly lit billboard that advertises the life of rather extreme measures they are facing.
	www.forbes.com /2006/04/15/prison-supermax-ross_cx_jr_06slate_0418super.html?boxes=custom (982 words)

	Pacific News Service > News > Iraq 'Supermax' Prison Won't Wipe Away Abu Ghraib Stain
		Garner is one of 20,000 prisoners held in supermax prisons in 22 states, the District of Columbia and at a federal supermax in Colorado.
		Prisoners are often dumped in supermaxes for petty, non-violent offenses; for being a suspected gang member, even if they have not been accused of any misconduct; if serving a long prison sentence; for mental illness; or simply to relieve prison overcrowding.
		Supermax prisons were built during the 1980s and early 1990s, when states were flush with cash and lawmakers and much of the public had a "lock em' up and throw away the key" stance toward criminals.
	news.pacificnews.org /news/view_article.html?article_id=d8ccb8306b9f05c2273b18e913d90f7a (1042 words)

	Èñòîðèè èç èñòîðèè : ãðóïïà SUPERMAX
		SUPERMAX ïóòåøåñòâóåò ïî Åâðîïå, íàèáîëåå ÿðêèì ñîáûòèåì ýòîãî ãîäà ñòàíîâèòñÿ âûñòóïëåíèå íà ôåñòèâàëå "Áåëûå íî÷è" â Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðãå.
		Â 1994 ãîäó SUPERMAX âûïóñêàåò 3 àëüáîìà, èãðàåò â Âåíå ñ ×àêà Õàí (Chaka Khan) è âèðòóîçíûì äæàçîâûì ãèòàðèñòîì Êàðè Ðàòñåð (Kari Ratzer).
		Â 1996 ãîäó SUPERMAX èãðàåò íà êðóïíåéøåì â ìèðå ìóçûêàëüíîì ôåñòèâàëå "Àòëàíòèêà", à òàêæå íà ñòàäèîíå "Äèíàìî" â Ìîñêâå, â "Îëèìïèéñêîì", è â Ñåðãèåâîì Ïîñàäå â Ñàìàðå.
	rockshop.te.net.ua /history/h_64.html (365 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Supermax prison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Supermax is the name used to describe control-unit prisons, the most secure prisons in the prison system.
		In supermax prisons, prisoners are kept in their cells for 22 to 23 hours a day, often in solitary confinement.
		Prisons form part of military systems, and are used variously to house prisoners of war, unlawful combatants, those whose freedom is deemed a national security risk by military or civilian authorities, and members of the military found guilty of a serious crime.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Supermax-prison (860 words)

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		Yousef, serving life without parole at the federal receiver satelliten supermax prison at Florence, Colo., for the 1993 bombing, is isolated now from the world of terrorists that
		Yousef, serving life without parole at the federal florence colorado supermax prison at Florence, Colo., for the 1993 bombing, is isolated now from the world of terrorists that
		Yousef, serving life without parole at the federal supermax prison at Florence, Colo., for the 1993 bombing, is isolated now from the world of terrorists who
	royfsmith.info /supermax.html (1496 words)

	The Supermax Solution
		Confined to their cells, alone, twenty-three hours a day, inmates eat, sleep, defecate, urinate, read and write (if they are able), watch TV or listen to the radio (if they are allowed) in the same 8-by- 12 cell, often for years on end.
		The MacArthur suit, like other challenges to supermaxes, was filed on behalf of the mentally ill among the Tamms population, but these suits are, in Snyder's words, "a surrogate for generalized legal challenges to supermaxes," which rarely prevail in court.
		Inmates are not sentenced to supermax; they supposedly "earn" their way in through violent behavior, gang affiliation and an accumulation of disciplinary infractions in other prisons.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Prison_System/Supermax_Solution.html (844 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union : Federal Judge Says Ohio "Supermax" Prison Violates Constitutional Rights
		The ruling is also significant because it is the first time a court has agreed that conditions for an entire group of prisoners meet the Supreme Court's tough standard of "atypical and significant' hardship" that allows a case to be heard.
		Supermax prisoners are kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a day and are shackled at all times when they are outside their cells.
		The ACLU and CCR charged in their lawsuit that incarceration at the Supermax constitutes an unwarranted increase in the level of punishment and that the rules for transferring prisoners into and out of the facility are essentially arbitrary, allowing for frequent and widespread abuse by prison officials.
	www.aclu.org /Prisons/Prisons.cfm?ID=9673&c=121 (678 words)

	ADX Florence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX) in Florence is a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado.
		Also known unofficially as ADX Florence, Florence ADMAX, Supermax, or the Alcatraz of the Rockies, it is operated by the federal government.
		A part of the Florence Federal Correctional Complex (FCC), it is supposed to house only the most dangerous prisoners in need of the tightest control.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/ADX_Florence (930 words)

	Malvo could go to school at Supermax - baltimoresun.com
		Supermax, formally called the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center, is reserved for the state's most dangerous prisoners, who spend about 23 hours a day in their cells.
		Because the vast majority of Supermax's 280 inmates are adults, it does not have the classrooms typically available for juveniles in Maryland prisons, corrections officials said.
		Malvo and Muhammad have remained silent throughout much of their time at Supermax, a four-story, brick fortress at the foot of the Maryland Penitentiary.
	www.sunspot.net /news/local/crime/bal-te.prison01nov01,0,18605.story?coll=bal-home-utility (874 words)

	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Supermax Prisons
		Despite disagreements among some scholars and practitioners concerning the definition of a supermax, over 95 percent of state prisons wardens agreed with a modified version of the definition used by the National Institute of Corrections in its 1996 survey of state correctional systems.
		Among wardens nationally, however, there is substantial (over 95 percent) agreement that supermax prisons serve to achieve at least four critical goals—increasing safety, order, and control throughout prison systems and incapacitating violent or disruptive inmates.
		At the same time, respondents identified positive unintended effects of supermaxes, such as improving living conditions and outcomes for general population inmates; these effects might offset such concerns or at least broaden the justification for investing in supermaxes.
	www.urban.org /publications/411326.html (1037 words)

	Concurring Opinions: Taking Supermax Seriously
		Judge Posner describes the (unpleasant) conditions of Supermax prisons causing Dan Filler to question whether Supermax prisons are inherently or frequently cruel and unusual punishment, or at least whether legislatures ought to be required to make a cl...
		But where those conditions are there in order to manage the dangerousness that put the inmate in the Supermax to begin with, the prison system's course of action seems not only permissible but nearly required: imagine the response of Scarver's next victim's family were he permitted to re-mingle with the prison population.
		I doubt the claim that supermax prisons only house violent and dangerous offenders; although, that may be prevailing correctional practice.
	www.concurringopinions.com /archives/2006/01/a_jaunty_trip_t.html (1904 words)

	States Rethinking the Purpose of Prisons
		Saar describes Supermax as a relic of an era when rehabilitation programs behind bars were dismissed as coddling of criminals.
		As Maryland's Supermax was conceived, the $21 million, 282-bed prison was to hold violent, unmanageable inmates and those with escape records.
		Most of the 149 Maryland state prisoners at Supermax could easily be held at the state's three other maximum-security prisons, he said.
	www.cjcj.org /press/prison_purpose.html (876 words)

	SuperMax Products - Sportster Final Drives
		SuperMax manufacturers Transmission Pulleys for "Sportsters" that will fit from 1955 to present.
		The splines for the early and late 4 and 5 speeds and are available in the three different tooth counts.
		Keep in mind the SuperMax splines are a 55 on the D scale for hardness.
	www.supermax.net /Catalog/Pages/CAT_SEC_3-1.asp (398 words)

	SuperMax Prison Information
		This is a day when Supermax, and the specter it represents, looms large in my mind, heart and soul.
		Supermax cannot be explained away with insipid platitudes.
		I am here today because I am terrified by Supermax and what it represents more than I fear the people inside – and I do not presume that there are not, at least, a few very scary people in there.
	www.madpoetry.org /kenspch.html (670 words)

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		Supermax ECAD enables Aspocomp to complete advanced hybrid circuits fast by offering a very high level of design automation in the thick film and LTCC area while preserving earlier investments in CAD libraries and manufacturing formats.
		”Although Supermax ECAD won the PCB Benchmark 2000 Awards for Ease of Use and Favorite Feature,” smiles Per Viklund, DDE’s Technical Manager, ”we are committed to providing our customers with the services that will help keep their design group at peak performance and thereby protecting their investment.
		The Supermax ECAD Hybrid/MCM solution is a highly dedicated tool for advanced packaging and building technologies such as Thick film, LTCC, PTF, thin film etc. featuring chip-to-cavity wire bond automation, synthesis of thick/thin film resistors and creation of embedded passive components.
	www.smtnet.com /news/dsp_view_news.cfm?news_id=2784 (443 words)

	JS Online: Supermax comes under scrutiny
		While Supermax was designed to house the state's worst inmates, nearly one-fourth of those imprisoned there are only in the ultra-secure facility to free up space at other prisons.
		We expect that Supermax is not designed to be good for anyone's mental health, but for people with a major mental illness, it would seem a particularly difficult and potentially damaging place.
		Scarver, who was sent to Supermax in April, murdered serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and murderer Jesse Anderson in a state prison in Portage in 1994.
	www2.jsonline.com /news/state/oct01/super21102001.asp (1602 words)

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