Monday, January 29, 2007 7:55 AM
Professor Douglas A. Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy reacts, in the post The case against supermax, to a Time magazine article on the U.S. prison system: "This week's Time magazine has this strong article entitled "Are Prisons Driving Prisoners Mad?". The article discuss the mental torture and negative consequences of how prisoner's are treated in Supermax prisons."
Beyond his usual well crafted analysis, Professor Berman provides links and references to additional information on the subject. One of those link leads to Steven K. Erickson's post Supermaxing the Brain at the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation's Crime and Consequences blawg. Mr. Erickson also offers a detailed post worth reading if this topic is of interest to you.