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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Death by Inmate: Multiple Murder in a Maximum Security Prison

George B. Palermo

Medical College of Wisconsin, Professor Adjunct of Criminology, Marquette University; Forensic Unit, Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, 925 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, U.S.A.

Mark T. Palermo

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, U.S.A.

Douglas J. Simpson

825 West State Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, U.S.A.

The authors report the killing of two inmates by a third inmate in a maximum security prison in the State of Wisconsin. All three had been sentenced to life imprisonmentfor murder, and one was a notorious serial killer. They touch on the variables ofjail/prison overcrowding, the psychosocial traits andpsychopathology of inmates, and theirethnicityas potentialfactors in violent crimes. They conclude that the selection of inmate housing should take into consideration the past history the personality, and the possible psychopathology of the inmate.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 40, No. 3, 181-191 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9604000302
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