CRIM 1447 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Arraignment, Nolo Contendere, Judicial Activism
31 Dec 2018
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Three primary components: law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Jails are local facilities managed by cities or counties that perform a somewhat overlapping but distinct purpose from prisons and penitentiaries. Jails hold both people convicted of crimes and those not who have not been convicted. Jails typically detain individuals convicted of misdemeanors serving for less than a year: prisons hold individuals who have been convicted of crimes. Hold individuals who were convicted of more serious crimes, serving longer sentences: probation and parole are types of sentences, probation is a sentence that suspends or delays a full-time incarceration in prison or jail. In return, for the suspended or delayed sentence, the judge orders the offender to return to the community where they had to abide by certain rules and conditions. Typically, a person given probation has not served time for that particular offense: a person just released from prison may be placed on parole as a part of their sentence.
