Supermax Prison North Carolina - The hcon unit was opened in 1998 to serve as north carolina’s supermax prison for “the state’s most violent and assaultive offenders. ” Inmates at the adx are held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, and because of their crimes, many are never released. With a capacity for 616 offenders, it serves as a. Supermax prisons, including safer prisons for guards and some inmates;24 however, with this new technology comes unintended consequences, which threaten the eighth amendment. North carolina is taking a tough stand against the most violent criminals in the prison system. Diana Larkin Twitterindexgeorge Washington Green 1 Cent Stamp
The hcon unit was opened in 1998 to serve as north carolina’s supermax prison for “the state’s most violent and assaultive offenders. ” Inmates at the adx are held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, and because of their crimes, many are never released. With a capacity for 616 offenders, it serves as a. Supermax prisons, including safer prisons for guards and some inmates;24 however, with this new technology comes unintended consequences, which threaten the eighth amendment. North carolina is taking a tough stand against the most violent criminals in the prison system.