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Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Connecticut Supermax Closing After Lawsuit Filed Seeking to Reduce Use of Solitary by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced on February 9, 2021, that the state Department of Correction (DOC) would permanently close its Northern Correctional Institution (Northern) in Somers by July 1. The announcement came …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Supermax prisons
Former BOP Director Norman Carlson, Who Developed Supermax Model, Dies at 86 by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The fourth director of the federal Bureau of Prisons and the man who developed the super maximum-security prison model, Norman Carlson, died August 9, 2020, in a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. He …