American Corrections 9th Edition Powerpoint Presentation
Title: American corrections 1 Chapter Ten Incarceration • American corrections • ninth edition 2 Learning Objectives • Explain how todays prisons are linked to the past. • Discuss the goals of incarceration. • Be familiar with the organization of incarceration. • Discuss the factors that influence the classification of prisons. • Explain who is in prison. 3 Learning Objective 1 • Learning objective 1 Explain how todays prisons are linked to the past.
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4 Links to the Past • Oldest prison in America still houses prisoners (New Jersey) • Elements of major reform movements still found in prisons. • During 60s and 70s when rehabilitation dominated, big block prisons converted into correctional institutions. • Number of African American and Hispanic inmates has greatly increased. 5 Links to the Past • More inmates • Come from urban areas • Convicted of drug related and violent offenses • Increased number of correctional officers joining public employee unions • Focus of corrections has changed to crime control. • Modern prison faces • Racial conflicts • Legal issues • Limited resources • Growing population 6 Learning Objective 2 • Learning objective 2 Discuss the goals of incarceration. 7 Goals of Incarceration • The custodial model • Emphasizes security, discipline, and order. Morrissey Vauxhall And I Rapidshare.
• The rehabilitation model • Emphasizes the provision of treatment programs designed to reform the offender. • The reintegration model • Emphasizes maintenance of the offenders ties to family and the community as a method of reform, in recognition of the fact that the offender will be returning to the community. 8 Learning Objective 3 • Learning objective 3 Be familiar with the organization of incarceration. 9 Organization of Incarceration • Federal Bureau of Prisons • 1930 • Federal Bureau of Prisons created • Responsible for, the safekeeping, care, protection, instruction, and discipline of all persons charged or convicted of offenses against the U.S. • Today, • Highly centralized • Director • 6 regional directors • Staff of over 35,000 • More than 201,000 prisoners 10 Federal Bureau of Prisons • Drug offender numbers steadily increased. • Currently constitute about 53.3 • Over 53,000 federal inmates are citizens of other countries • Operate 102 confinement facilities • 5 security levels from minimum to high • 1 Super max in Florence, CO 11 State Prison Systems • Executive branch administers prisons. How To Use Sims 2 Clean Pack Installer. • Prisons administered by a warden or superintendent.
• Approximately 390,000 people work in state institutions. • States vary in number, size, type, and location of correctional facilities. 12 Learning Objective 4 • Learning objective 4 Discuss the factors that influence the classification of prisons. 13 Maximum Security • Designed and organized to minimize the possibility of escapes and violence to that end, it imposes strict limitations on the freedom of inmates and visitors. • 355 facilities in U.S., that house 38 of state inmates • Strict routines • Headcounts frequent 14 Medium Security • Designed and organized to prevent escapes and violence, but in which restrictions on inmates and visitors are less rigid than in maximum-security facilities. • 438 in U.S.
Holding 43 of state inmates • Resemble maximum security, organized differently • More privileges and contact with outside world • Campus or courtyard style • Razor-wire, guard towers remain 15 Minimum Security • Designed and organized to permit inmates and visitors as much freedom as is consistent with the concept of incarceration. • 926 facilities housing 19 of state inmates • Lacks guard towers and walls • Prisoners live in dormitories or small private rooms. • More personal freedom • Still a prison 16 Private Prisons • Taxpayers pay 38.2 billion on prisons • 3.3 billion on inmate medical care • 1.2 billion on feeding prisoners • 996 million for utilities • By end of 2007, private facilities housed 125,975 inmates • Corrections Corporation of America 17 Learning Objective 5 • Learning objective 5 Explain who is in prison. 18 Who is in Prison? • Majority are men • Members of minority groups • Convicted of violent crimes • 40 of state prisoners have not completed high school • 44 of prisoners rearrested within first year after release • 25 within 3 years 19 Who is in Prison? • History of persistent criminality • Increased number of elderly prisoners • Many prisoners with HIV/AIDS • Mentally ill • Long-term prisoners 20 Chapter 11 The Prison Experience 21 Learning Objectives • Discuss the inmate code and talk about where the values of the prison subculture come from.
• Be familiar with the prison economy. • Explain the different types of prison violence.