This is a page designed for the Museum In Progress, and appeared in Der Standard. The page continues to address the theme of maximum security democracy by examining the historical context out of which the current trend toward "SuperMax" incarceration (isolation cells) has developed.



The top plan is a drawing by Thomas Jefferson of a jail with a solitary confinement cell. The bottom plan is a drawing by Running Deer of his isolation cell at the U.S. High Security Prison in Florence, Colorado.