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James Ridgeway, 1936–2021

By Jean Casella | February 17, 2021

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Inside the American Supermax

January 19, 2011October 16, 2015 James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
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An article by Sharon Shalev in the latest issue of the UK’s New Humanist magazine, provides one of the best descriptions we’ve seen of the contours of daily life inside an American supermax prison. Shalev, a fellow at the London School of Economics, is author of the book Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement and of […]