Word: supermax
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...Supermax prisons, which are designed to hold prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, are ineffective, expensive, and detrimental to mental health, surgeon and journalist Atul Gawande said during a speech at Harvard Law School yesterday...
...Supermax prisoners are typically confined to their cell for at least 23 hours a day and permitted to leave only to shower or exercise in an outdoor cage. These prisoners receive their meals through slots in their doors and are shackled whenever they leave their cells...