Volume 9, Fall 2011, Issue 1

SUPERMAX PRISONS: ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE INCARCERATION CONUNDRUM H. Daniel butler, O. Hayden Griffin III, Grayson F. Knight The American prison system has grown and expanded considerably over the past three decades. From 1977-2005, the amount of offenders entering prison increased by approximately 400 percent. Alongside the dramatic increase in the number… continue reading