Legal Opinion
Ronnie Bruscino, on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated v. Norman Carlson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 1988No. 87-1683, 87-1943PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, is the successor to Alcatraz as the prison designed to hold the most violent and dangerous prisoners in the federal system. The only “Level 6” prison in that system (federal prisons carry a security rating ranging from 1 to 6), it may be the most severe prison in the country, and it houses not only the worst federal prisoners but, on a contract basis, state prisoners too violent for state prisons to handle. Its 300-odd inmates are among the most dangerous people in this nation of 240 million. In 1983, one-third of…
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3Cited by147 opinions
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