Supermax Prison: Controling The Most Dangerous Criminals

The penetrating look at the violence that swept prisons in the 1980 s and 1990 s and the organizational structure mirroring the Mafia that erupted in them. The inmates had to make a choice between joining a gang that offered protection, friendships, financial rewards, access to drugs and other contraband or serving as a lone inmate in a dangerous, even lethal world. The worst in this violent world were sent to a supermax prison. Tamms in Illinois was one of those supermax prisons. This is the story of Tamms.

Author: Jd Rakesh Chandra MD, Larry L. Franklin
Publisher: History Publishing Co LLC
Published: 09/17/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.33d
ISBN13: 9781933909837
ISBN10: 1933909838
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Penology
- Social Science | Criminology

About the Author
Larry L Franklin holds bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University. He performed in the U.S. Navy Band located in Washington, D.C. from 1967 to 1971. From 1972 to 1975, he taught music at Southern Illinois University. In 1976, he completed requirements for a certified financial planner designation and maintained a successful investment business until 2007 when he retired to devote his energies to writing. In 2003, he received an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. Franklin is the author of "The Rita Nitz Story: A Life without Parole," published by Southern Illinois University Press; "Cherry Blossoms & Barron Plains: A woman's journey from mental illness to a prison cell," published by Chipmunka Publishing Company. He currently resides in southern Illinois with his wife, Paula.

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