CJS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Solitary Confinement, Work Release, Prison Overcrowding
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30% jails and prisons physical incarceration, 70% is community corrections (probation, parole, work release programs) kft. Corrections refers to all programs, services, facilities, and organizations responsible for the management of the accused and convicted. Prisons, jails, probation, parole, halfway houses, education and work release programs, community service, etc. Corrections stats (do not need to know for test) -75 billion a year spent in the us (bjs 2010). The us has less than 5% of the world"s population but almost 25% of the world"s prisoners! 1 in 100 american adults were behind bars in prisons and jails (total of about 2. 4 million adults) Total of 7. 5 million adults and juveniles under corrections. Penitentiary (prison) an institution intended to punish criminals by isolating them from society so they can reflect on their crimes and reform: isolation so you would not learn more criminal tactics. Prison is long-term incarceration (year or more) Jail is short-term incarceration (less than a year)
