Ishmael Petty, who was separately convicted of assaulting prison employees, is the latest to face a possible death sentence ...

I've visited noisy, boisterous state and federal prisons, where inmates scream for a visitor's attention or proclaim their innocence. But at Supermax -- officially called "Administrative Maximum ...

Supermax prisoners have almost no access to educational or recreational activities or other sources of mental stimulation and are usually handcuffed, shackled and escorted by two or three ...

At 18, Jack Morris was convicted of murdering a man in South Los Angeles and sent to prison for life. It was 1979, and ...

These recommendations do not address basic standards that should be adhered to in all prisons regardless of their security level, but focus on selected issues especially relevant to supermax ...

He is locked up at the high-security prison in Florence, Colorado, known as Supermax. The lights are always on. Guards who slip him food through a slot in his cell door usually ignore him.

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