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Beyond Supermax Administrative Segregation

Mississippi’s Experience Rethinking Prison Classification and Creating Alternative Mental Health Programs

Terry A. Kupers

Wright Institute, kupers{at}igc.org

Theresa Dronet

Wexford Health Sources

Margaret Winter

National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union

James Austin

JFA Institute

Lawrence Kelly

Mississippi Department of Corrections

William Cartier

Wexford Health Sources

Timothy J. Morris

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Stephen F. Hanlon

Holland & Knight, LLP

Emmitt L. Sparkman

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Parveen Kumar

Wexford Health Sources

Leonard C. Vincent

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Jim Norris

Mississippi Department of Corrections

Kim Nagel

Wexford Health Sources

Jennifer Mcbride

Wexford Health Sources

Litigation in Mississippi required the Department of Corrections to ameliorate substandard conditions at the supermaximum Unit 32 of Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, remove prisoners with serious mental illness from administrative segregation and provide them with adequate treatment, and reexamine the entire classification system. Pursuant to two federal consent decrees, the Department of Corrections greatly reduced the population in administrative segregation and established a step-down mental health treatment unit for the prisoners excluded from administrative segregation. This article describes and discusses not only the process of enacting the changes but also the outcomes, including the large reductions in rates of misconduct, violence, and use of force.

Key Words: supermaximum security • administrative segregation • classification • use of force • mental health step-down unit

This version was published on October 1, 2009

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 36, No. 10, 1037-1050 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809341938
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