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Law & Public Safety

Criminal Justice Today. Chapter 13. Prisons and Jails. Law & Public Safety. Date, Semester. CHAPTER AGENDA. 13.1. Describe the history of punishment, concluding with its impact on the modern philosophy of corrections. 13.2.

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Law & Public Safety

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  1. Criminal Justice Today • Chapter 13 Prisons and Jails Law & Public Safety Date, Semester

  2. CHAPTER AGENDA 13.1 • Describe the history of punishment, concluding with its impact on the modern philosophy of corrections. 13.2 • List major milestones in the historical development of prisons. 13.3 • Describe the purpose and major characteristics of today’s prisons. 13.4 • Summarize the role jails currently play in American corrections and issues jail administrators face. 13.5 • Describe the current and likely future roles of private prisons.

  3. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 13.1 Describe the history of punishment, concluding with its impact on the modern philosophy of corrections.

  4. 13.1 • Lex Talionis • Flogging • Mutilation/Amputation • Branding • Public Humiliation • Exile • Workhouses

  5. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 13.2 List major milestones in the historical development of prisons.

  6. 13.2 Prison and Jails Started as Humanitarian Alternative to Corporal Punishment

  7. 13.2 1790 1819 1877 1890–1935

  8. 13.2 1935–1945 1945–1967 1967–1980 1980–1995

  9. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 13.3 Describe the purpose and major characteristics of today’s prisons.

  10. 13.3

  11. 13.3 State Prisons Federal Prisons Have Various Security Levels (Similar to State Prisons) Supermax Security Level Maximum Security Level Medium Security Level Minimum Security Level

  12. 13.3 Federal Bureau of Prisons Operates over 80 Different Types of Federal Correctional Facilities Supermax Prisons Minimum-Security Prison Farms

  13. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 13.4 Summarize the role jails currently play in American corrections and issues jail administrators face.

  14. 13.4 1995 Present

  15. 13.4 State and Federal Prisons Source: Paige M. Harrison and Allen J. Beck, Prisoners in 2004 (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005); James J. Stephan and Jennifer C. Karberg. Census of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 2000 (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003).

  16. One Out of Every Four State Institutions Is a Large, Maximum Security Prison ~ 1,000 Inmates ≤ 500 Inmates ~ 50 Inmates • 13.4

  17. 13.4

  18. 13.4 6%

  19. 13.4 5.33% of AllJail Inmates Los Angeles County Jail Is the Largest Jail in the U.S. New York City Jail Is Second Largest

  20. 13.4 Issues in prisons today • Pregnancy • Drug Abuse • Overcrowding • Education Level of Inmates • Mental Health Issues

  21. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 13.5 Describe the current and likely future roles of private prisons.

  22. 13.5

  23. CHAPTER SUMMARY 13.1 • Describe the history of punishment, concluding with its impact on the modern philosophy of corrections. 13.2 • List major milestones in the historical development of prisons. 13.3 • Describe the purpose and major characteristics of today’s prisons. 13.4 • Summarize the role jails currently play in American corrections and issues jail administrators face. 13.5 • Describe the current and likely future roles of private prisons.

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