Global Ethics Corner: Do Super-Maximum Security Prisons Constitute Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

Apr 13, 2012

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A surprise ruling from the European Court of Human Rights could send five terror suspects to a super-maximum security prison in the United States. Is keeping inmates in solitary confinement for years a form of torture? Or is Supermax a necessary tool to combat global terror?

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