Supermax institutions and solitary confinement: History, term definition and rationale for spreading

After short reminding on more than a one-century abandoned Philadelphian model of solitary confinement, the definition of supermax prison has been given: this is a penitentiary institution in which persons deprived of freedom are held in the long cell confinement by a decision of authorities in the...

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Main Author: Ignjatović Đorđe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade - Faculty of Law, Belgrade & Institute of Comparative Law, Belgrade 2019-01-01
Series:Crimen (Beograd)
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2217-219X/2019/2217-219X1903239I.pdf