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SIUC study questions impact of super max prisons on violence
SIUC researchers Sundt Castellano and Briggs presented at the American Society of Criminology meeting in Chicago challenging the notion that super max prisons in Tamms Minnesota and Arizona reduce inmate on inmate violence. They found no sustained drop in assaults after Tamms opened, though staff assaults appeared to fall briefly. broader state results showed no violence reduction.
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SIUC
Springfield
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Illinois
Jody Sundt
Thomas Castellano
Administration of Justice Department
Chad 8. Briggs
Tamms
Minnesota
Arizona
Sundt
Castellano
American Society of Criminology
Chicago
Palmer House Hilton
Illinois Department of Corrections
IDOC
Sergio Molina
Richard Speck
Speck
Lundt