CRMJ 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Work Release
30 Oct 2018
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Prison systems: all 50 states and the federal government operate prisons, 1,292 confinement facilities, 92% are under state authority, largest number of confinement facilities are located in in the south (47%) The federal prison system: created by congress in 1930, responsible for the safekeeping, care, protection, instruction and discipline of all persons charged or convicted of offenses against the united. States : highly centralized with a director who is appointed by the president, 6 regional directors and a staff of approx. Individual warden report to regional directors: approximately 210,340 prisoners, drug offenders make up about of all federal prisoners, more than 26% are citizens of other countries, 121 institutions, generally viewed as an innovator in corrections. Design and classification of prisons: radial design- prison is constructed in the form of a wheel with spokes radiating from a central core, one of more spokes can be isolated from the rest of the institution, ex.
