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Wisconsin Supermax Bans Local Paper
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2001, page 7
When the southwestern Wisconsin town of Boscobel celebrated the grand opening of a 509bed supermax prison in September 1999, the festive atmosphere was likened to a carnival or state fair so happy were the townspeople to bring in jobs, jobs, jobs. Venders hawked sodas, sausages and supermax Tshirts to about …
Filed under:
Publications/Books,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement,
Censorship.
Location:
Wisconsin.
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