01:202:203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sentenced, Third Enforcement Act, Recognizance
19 Nov 2020
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Chapter 3: jails - corrections at the local level. Jails are the entryway to the corrections systems. Jails in the united states include both a detainee population and inmates serving post- conviction sentences. Characteristics of adult jail inmates in u. s. jails. Elected sheriff 80% of jails run by sheriff. State government 6 states run by the state. Have been slow to catch on because local political and correctional leaders, reformers, and citizens are negatively affected by them. 78% of defendants show up for every court hearing. Defendants regarded as dangerous or likely to recommit while awaiting trial are kept in jail for society"s protection. Some argue this practice is impractical and potentially nefarious. The u. s. supreme court in schall v. martin (1984) and u. s. v. salerno (1987) allowed preventive detention practices. Jail employees may be legally liable for their actions. 42 u. s. code section 1983 actions federal civil rights act.
