Lockdown Supermax, the Baddest of the Bad /

Minnesota's Oak Park Heights represents a new breed of prison called Supermax, reserved for only the most dangerous, incorrigible offenders-many of whom are kept on semi-permanent lockdown. As a means of reducing tension, Oak Park Heights has developed a plan that allows many of these deadly cr...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., National Geographic Television & Film.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], c2006.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Supermax (1:06)
  • Criminal History of Violence (2:11)
  • Supermax Central Command (3:30)
  • Threat of Violence (1:52)
  • Prison Security Threat (3:43)
  • Consequences for Inmate Rule Breaking (2:03)
  • Prison Administrative Control Unit (2:47)
  • Inside Administrative Control Unit (1:26)
  • Physical and Mental Threats from Inmates (2:50)
  • Psychological Threat from Inmates (2:55)
  • Opportunity for Mass Mayhem (2:33)
  • Contraband Search (2:50)
  • Inmate on Inmate Violence (1:46)
  • Inmate Discipline Hearing (3:36)
  • Inside "The Hole" (1:02)
  • Inappropriate Inmate/Guard Interaction (4:38)
  • Threat of Inmate Retaliation (1:58)
  • Prison Guard: Hiding Fear on the Job (2:09)
  • Going Crazy in "The Hole" (3:33)
  • Shift End for Threatened Guard (1:28)