SCARFACE 4 LIFE: RIKERS ISLAND BY TROY REED PART 3 OF 3
Prison Security Levels
Supermax
Supermax prison facilities provide the highest level of prison security. These units hold those considered the most dangerous inmates. These include serial killers, inmates who have committed assaults, murders or other serious violations in less secure facilities
Maximum Security
All have individual cells with sliding doors controlled from a secure remote control station. Often prisoners are confined in their cells 23 hours a day, but in some institutions, prisoners are allowed out of their cells for most of the day.
Close Security
Prisoners usually have one-or-two prisoner cells operated from a remote control station. Each cell has its own toilet and sink. Inmates may leave of their cells for work assignments or correctional programs, and otherwise may be allowed in a common area in the cellblock or an exercise yard.
Medium Security
Prisoners that fall into the medium-security group may sleep in dormitories on bunk beds with lockers to store their possessions. They may have communal showers, toilets and sinks.
Minimum Security
Prisoners in minimum-security facilities are considered to pose little physical risk to the public, and are mainly non-violent "white collar criminals". Minimum Security prisoners live in less-secure dormitories, which are regularly patrolled by correctional officers. As in medium security facilities, they have communal showers, toilets, and sinks.
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