Chapter 2. The Invention of the American Supermax Prison

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword: Probing the Meta-Prison ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Chapter 1. The Globalization of Supermax Prisons 1
6. Chapter 2. The Invention of the American Supermax Prison 10
7. Chapter 3. How Canada Built Its Supermax Prison 25
8. Chapter 4. Supermaxes South of the Border 35
9. Chapter 5. The Growth of the Supermax Option in Britain 49
10. Chapter 6. Analyzing the Supermax Prisons in the Netherlands 67
11. Chapter 7. Supermaximum Prisons in South Africa 80
12. Chapter 8. From “Secondary Punishment” to “Supermax” 95
13. Chapter 9. The Emergence of the Supermax in New Zealand 111
14. Chapter 10. The Rise of the Supermax in Brazil 129
15. Chapter 11. Guantánamo 145
16. Chapter 12. A Globalized Militarized Prison Juggernaut 160
17. Chapter 13. Conclusion 177
18. Notes 183
19. References 195
20. Notes on Contributors 217