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Lance Tapley: The Worst of the Worst: Supermax Torture in America

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"They beat the sh*t out of you," Mike James said, hunched near the smeared plexiglass separating us. He was talking about the cell "extractions" he'd endured at the hands of the supermax-unit guards at the Maine State Prison. "They push you, knee you, poke you," he said, his voice faint but ardent through the speaker. "They slam your head against the wall and drop you on the floor while you're cuffed." He lifted his manacled hands to a scar on his chin. "They split it wide open. They're yelling "Stop resisting! Stop resisting!' when you're not even moving."
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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