Talk:Supermax
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This page is pretty badly written, conveys little factual information and is US-centric. --WibblyLeMoende 02:08, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Souza-Baranowski in MA
AFAIK Souza-Baranowski is in fact a supermax; I do know it's the most secure facility in Massachusetts, the James Geoghan fiasco notwithstanding. There's actually two prisons in Shirley -- Souza-Baranowski is the more secure, while I believe MCI Shirley is considered a medium-security prison. Haikupoet 04:32, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
- This issue is over a year old with no defense for inclusion of SBCC on the supermax list. According to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corrections (see www.mass.gov/doc) Souza-Baranowski is a level six (highest in the Commonwealth) maximum security facility. It is indeed located within MCI-Shirley, and is considered to be a seperate facility. It likely does not conform to the standards of federal supermax prisons, and at any rate, since the Commonwealth doesn't have a "supermax" designation, it doesn't seem appropriate to keep on this list. I have removed it. 146.243.4.157 21:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Diversity
Shouldnt this be a diversity page ? There is at least a Rock Band called "Supermax" which played from 1977 at least until 2002.
Official Supermax Homepage 195.71.97.193 10:12, 13 March 2006 (UTC) flo@rfc822.org
If you want a page on the rock band Supermax, start one Lurker 11:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Extreme POV edits
I went ahead and removed a paragraph from the introduction. First, it was incredibly POV and needed to be reworked massively. Second, another paragraph gave essentially all of the same information that was in the paragraph I deleted (the second-to-last paragraph of the intro) and it's much better. This information can be in the article, but it needs to be NPOV. --Deville (Talk) 03:22, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edits on May 5 2006
In comments, I meant to add that my edit of 05:28, 5 May 2006 also restored a paragraph that was deleted by User Greif528; cf. diff. Sorry about the error. thx, Jim Butler 05:35, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion Point June 8 2006
Can we please stop referring to Moussaoui as "the 20th hijacker"? It is now widely known that he was not here as part of the 9/11 operation, although he was certainly here to train for another, still undiscovered/undisclosed operation. The 20th hijacker was turned away at Orlando Int'l Airport in August, 2001 by a US Customs agent while Mohammed Atta waited in the terminal area for him to arrive. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.42.208.182 (talk • contribs) .
- While true, it does remain a functional short-hand on how to describe him. I will add to the description to clarify. - RoyBoy 800 05:36, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] John Allen Muhammad
There is a problem with this article. Either Muhammad needs to be removed, or the Sussex I State Prison in Virginia needs to be added. That is where death row is in Virginia, and it is also where the inmate locator for the Virginia prison system indicates he is.
I am not certain whether or not Sussex I is a supermax facility, so I'm not making the edit myself. Erechtheus 06:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- I rethought what I was saying and decided the better policy would be to remove Muhammad. If someone knows Sussex I to be a supermax facility, they can add both the prison and Muhammad back to the article. Erechtheus 06:07, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
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- This press release by the Virginia Department of Corrections makes it pretty clear Sussex I is not a supermax facility. Erechtheus 23:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Christopher "Rizler" William Smith "Minnesota spam king"
While I do hate spam, I gotta say I don't think this guy fits in with the others. Can anyone confirm he's in a supermax? --mitrebox 04:18, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- I can offer this. Erechtheus 23:18, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rephrase
"Supermax and Special Housing United (SHU) prisons are somewhat controversial in some quarters, as some claim..."? (how?,which?, and who?)
Crocodilicus 03:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Supermax? Isn't that a US term?
I think some sections of this page should be moved to Prisons in the United States and the article renamed to "Maximum security prisons", as "Supermax" is an incorrect nomenclature. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TempestSA (talk • contribs) 00:26, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
