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Who Lives in Super-Maximum Custody: A Washington State Study

Topic: 
Volume 64 Number 2
Date: 
December 2000
Abstract: 

The authors profile Intensive Management (also known as super-maximum custody) residents in Washington State prison in terms of criminal history, demographics, sentence characteristics, prison behavior, and mental health issues. They describe a variety of prison career patterns among IMU residents and consider the policy implications of their findings.