Arizona opens new $50M supermax prison; Report denounces use of solitary confinement

Each cell door in the new prison can be opened only from the control room. : Credits- azfamily.com
Each cell door in the new prison can be opened only from the control room. / Credits- azfamily.com

By Lisa Dawson | Solitary Watch

The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) has opened a new facility with 500 maximum-security prison beds in the Rast Unit at the Arizona State Prison Complex (ASPC Lewis) in Buckeye, Arizona. (Maximum-security prisons in the state of Arizona are what is usually thought of as supermax prisons.)

The opening of the new facility comes on the heels of the ADC’s agreement to a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to improve prison health care and limit the use of solitary confinement in Arizona prisons.

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