CRJ 106 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Zebulon Brockway, Presentence Investigation Report, Parole Board
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Chapter 10: community corrections parole and prisoner reentry. Parole release of prisoners from prison before completing their full sentence: executive branch of government in control, spent time in prison before being released into the community. Real goal of corrections should be to correct, or teach virtue . Developed a mark system to earn enough credits to apply for a ticket of leave (tol: free to live outside prison but appear before a magistrate when required and attend church regularly. Too good to be true statistics: 20 out of 900 (2. 2%) of tol. Irish system convicts were convicted of new felonies (walter crofton. Zebulon brockway implemented maconochie"s and crofton"s ideas with good time earned through good conduct and labor; can be used to reduce inmates" sentences. Parole came to be seen as maintaining order in prisons by holding out the prospect of early release if convicts behaved well.
