TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sources other than letters ... iv
Praface ... v
Introduction - The Effects of Isolation ... 1
1. Excessive Use of Force ... 4
2. Excessive Use of Restraints ... 8
3. Stun Technology ... 144. Pepper Spray, Tear Gas, Mace and other chemical agents ... 17
5. Denial of Medical or Legal Services ... 20
6. Housing, Living and Working Conditions ... 24
7. Women in Prison ... 29
8. Prisoners' Observations ... 32
INDEX OF PRISONERSAH: Security Management Unit (SMU), Gunnison. Utah, 9/27/95, 11/17/95
AO: State CorrectionaI Institution at Smithfield, Huntington, Pennsylvania, 2/15/00
AQ: USP Lexington, Kentucky, 2/18/98
AT: Northern State Prison, Newark, New Jersey, 4/30/99, 8/13/99(2)
BA: Stiles Unit, Beaumont, Texas, 9/26/99
BC: Arnarillo, Texas, 8/20/98
CF: Northern State Prisorg Newark, New Jersey, 11/2/98
DLM: Gander Hill Prison, Delaware, 1/19/99, 2/lO/99
EF: Utah State Prison, Draper, Utah, 6/13/99
ES: Ohio State Penitentiary, 6/2/99
FA: Northern prison, Somers, Connecticut, 7/10/99
J: Ohio State Penitentiary, undated letter
JA: Wallens Ridge State Prison, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 4/19/00, 5/2/00, 5/5/00
JDE: McNeil Island Correction Center, Steilacoom Washington, 2/1/98
JGM: James V. Allred Unit, Texas, undated; early 1998
JH: Northern State Prison, Newark, New Jersey, 7/5/99
JHE: Wallens Ridge State Prison, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1/16/00
JK: Southwoods Prison, New Jersey, 1/23/00
JTK: Ely State Prison, Ely, Nevada, 8/99 (personal correspondence)
JRB: Limon Correctional Facility, Limon, Colorado, 3/30/98
KJM: Northern prison, Somers, Connecticut, 11/24/99
LE Telford Unit, New Boston, Texas, 22/98
LM: El Dorado Correctional Facility, El Dorado, Kansas, 3/15/98
LW: Northen1 State Prison, Newark, New Jersey, 813199, 8/16/99
MC: USP Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1/21/98
MN: Maximum Control Facility, Indiana Department of Corrections, undated