The "Marion Model"
Clip: Season 2014 Episode 7 | 34s
Former warden Gary Henman on why he decided to ease restrictions on some Marion inmates.
Former warden Gary Henman on why he decided to ease restrictions on some Marion inmates, in what would come to be called the "Marion model" adopted by supermax facilities operating today.
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The "Marion Model"
Clip: Season 2014 Episode 7 | 34s
Former warden Gary Henman on why he decided to ease restrictions on some Marion inmates, in what would come to be called the "Marion model" adopted by supermax facilities operating today.
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Clip: S2014 Ep7 | 39s | Former warden Gary Henman on how his Marion model worked to modify inmates’ behavior. (39s)
"Being Locked Down Was the Worst Medicine"
Clip: S2014 Ep7 | 58s | Former warden Gary Henman says inmates hate isolation, which is why it usually works. (58s)
Preview: S2014 Ep7 | 58s | Even in solitary, inmates find ways to smuggle contraband from cell to cell. (58s)
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Clip: S2014 Ep7 | 1m 12s | Former warden Gary Henman on his strategy at Marion to keep the worst inmates in isolation (1m 12s)
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Preview: S2014 Ep7 | 3m 3s | People think isolation is what drives some prisoners crazy. It might actually be the noise (3m 3s)
Clip: S2014 Ep7 | 45s | Former warden Gary Henman on why the lockdown at Marion federal prison was necessary. (45s)
Clip: S2014 Ep7 | 39s | Former warden Gary Henman on how a 23-year prison lockdown began at Marion federal prison. (39s)
"We Didn’t Isolate Them, We Separated Them"
Clip: S2014 Ep7 | 13s | Former warden Gary Henman defends the Marion model from criticism that it is inhumane. (13s)
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