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"A Clean Version Of Hell"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title given to this 60 Minutes segment that ran last night discussing the federal supermax prison in Colorado.  The piece is mostly a re-run of an earlier segment, but the introduction highlights its new salience in light of the discussion of the possibility of moving GTMO detainees to the facility.  Here is how 60 Minutes describes the piece: A look at the secretive "Supermax" federal prison, where the nation's most dangerous and infamous criminals are held under the strictest rules. Scott Pelley reports. Some related Supermax posts: Are federal supermax prisons tough enough for terrorist detainees? Great NPR series on solitary confinement More on Supermax, human dignity, and public safety Seventh Circuit ruling spotlighting Supermax realities The case against supermax Effective NPR coverage of supermax prisons and solitary confinement Why isn't there more constitutional litigation over the "hellhole" that is extended solitary confinement?  continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 22, 2009 (boomark / email).