USP Marion: The First Federal Supermax

The Prison Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-22

  Richards, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative detention; control unit; Federal Bureau of Prisons; Marionization; supermax; USP Marion

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949106906     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885507310529     Document Type: Article

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