CJ 105

Introduction to Corrections

JAILS

Local/county run:

-pre-trial

-sentences 365 days or less

Management issues

Poor living conditions

JAILS

1166: Henry II

-pre-trial detention

-houses of corrections/workhouses

-shire-reeves (sheriff)-paid by jail operation

-John Howard 1770’s

JAILS

US jails:

Walnut Street Jail (1773)

Adams County Jail (1871)

1959: vilest, absurd, inefficient

JAILS

“most important part” of correctional system

748, 000 in 2005

JAILS

-PREVENTIVE DETENTION:

-14th Amendment-unconstitutional?

-US v. Salerno (1987): legitimate way to protect society

-murder/robbery

JAILS

Consequences:

-over ½ confined not convicted

-same conditions as convicted?

-overcrowding

-cohabitating

-reasons fair?

JAILS

DETENTION:

-convicted/sentenced

--predominantly male

-female increased more annually v. male (why do you think?)

JAILS

SAFETY

-staff, visitors, inmates

-greater safety risks-unknown population

SECURITY:-escapes

-orderly operation

JAILS

COMING IN:

-Sally port

-booking (questions)

-classification (questions)

-housing

JAILS

STAFF:-Correctional Officers -66% male-34 female-24% Black

-8% Hispanic

-Medical -Educational/volunteers

JAILS

INMATE SUPERVISION:

Concerns ?

JAILS

NEW GENERATION: reducing violent/destructive behavior

-architecturallinearPodular (direct/indirect)

-inmate supervisionindirectdirect

JAILS

ISSUES?:

-Overcrowding

-Mentally ill

-Dependancy