CorrectionsCorrections

Marianne EarlyMarianne Early

Unit 5Unit 5June 20, 2009June 20, 2009

CorrectionsCorrections

What is your idea of Corrections?What is your idea of Corrections?

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Corrections DefinedCorrections Defined

According to Merriam-Webster’s Online According to Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary, corrections is the treatment Dictionary, corrections is the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, program involving penal custody, parole, and probation; and probation; alsoalso:: the administration of the administration of such treatment as a matter of public such treatment as a matter of public policy. policy.

CorrectionsCorrections

Corrections includes:Corrections includes: JailsJails PrisonsPrisons Community CorrectionsCommunity Corrections

ProbationProbation ParoleParole

Electronic Monitoring

JailsJails

According to your text, jails are defined as According to your text, jails are defined as city or county funded facilities operated to city or county funded facilities operated to confine offenders serving short sentences, confine offenders serving short sentences, awaiting trial, housing overflow, awaiting trial, housing overflow, witnesses, and others. witnesses, and others.

Piedmont Regional Jail – located in Farmville, VA; serving the counties of Amelia, Buckingham, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, & Prince Edward

PrisonsPrisons

According to your text, prisons are defined According to your text, prisons are defined as state or federally funded and operated as state or federally funded and operated institutions to house convicted offenders institutions to house convicted offenders under continuous custody on a long-term under continuous custody on a long-term basis. basis.

Brunswick Work CenterMcDonough, Jay. 2009, February 4. [Graphic]. California may be forced

to release 52K inmates. Retrieved June 18, 2009 from Creative Commons database.

Community CorrectionsCommunity Corrections

According to your text, community According to your text, community corrections is defined as a collection of corrections is defined as a collection of agencies, organizations, and programs agencies, organizations, and programs that supervises and manages large that supervises and manages large numbers of adult and juvenile offenders numbers of adult and juvenile offenders and nonoffenders for various lengths of and nonoffenders for various lengths of time, in most cities, towns, and time, in most cities, towns, and neighborhoods. neighborhoods.

Community CorrectionsCommunity Corrections

ProbationProbation is the conditional release of a is the conditional release of a convicted defendant into the community to convicted defendant into the community to avoid incarceration, under a suspended avoid incarceration, under a suspended sentence, with good behavior, and sentence, with good behavior, and generally under supervision by a probation generally under supervision by a probation officer.officer.

Parole Parole is the conditional supervised early is the conditional supervised early release from prison granted to inmates release from prison granted to inmates after they have served a portion of their after they have served a portion of their sentence. sentence.

A meeting with a P.O.A meeting with a P.O.