Discuss the changes in design and treatment that go along with super maximum-security prisons. Elaborate on the benefits and drawbacks of such a system

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Answer 1

The byword of the maximum-security prison is "security.". Correctional workers are made aware that each inmate may be a dangerous criminal or violent individual, and as a result, the utmost security must be maintained. Super-maximum prisons are used to house the most predatory criminals. Some prisons lock inmates in their cells 22–23 hours a day, never allowing them out unless shackled. Inside the cells, all furniture is unmovable and made of cement, and all potential weapons including soap dishes, toilet seats, and handles have been removed. Cells are angled so that inmates can neither see each other or the outside and cuts down on communication and denies the inmate a sense of location in order to prevent escapes. Although these prisons can achieve correctional benefits by enhancing security, critics believe that they infringe directly on the rights of inmates and deprive them of such basic human rights such as human contact. In these institutions, they may have unintended negative consequences of mental illness and psychological disturbances on the part of the inmate and put too much control in the hands of the prison staff that ultimately damages staff–inmate relationships.