SuperMax Prisons

SPECIAL REPORT: The Costs of "Supermax" Long-Term Isolation

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is proposing to close the only Supermax prison in the Illinois Department of Corrections. This just-released report from the John Howard Association details why. Supermax imprisonment is a form of cruel and unusual punishment.

By Open democracy

/ 23 May 2012

oD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of January 3rd 2011

We lead this weeks report with news that CVS, the largest operator of pharmacies in the United States, agreed to pay the federal government a $75 million fine for narcotics violations, the largest cash money penalty in the 40-year history of the Controlled Substances Act ~ CS & MW

By Open democracy

/ 8 Jan 2011