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" The locked-down structure of the supermax contains within it yet further mechanisms of control. Elaborate strategies are put in place in order to restrict the movements and behaviors of prisoners. Just as often as these tactics are implemented, they fail, requiring new strategies of control or a never-ending modification of existing ones. "

Christine Montross , Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration


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Christine Montross quote : The locked-down structure of the supermax contains within it yet further mechanisms of control. Elaborate strategies are put in place in order to restrict the movements and behaviors of prisoners. Just as often as these tactics are implemented, they fail, requiring new strategies of control or a never-ending modification of existing ones.