CRI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Opentype
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Inmates move through custody levels according to the progress they are judged to have made (operates in both directions: external classification: custody level offender is assigned to. Internal classification: placement and program assignment within that institution. Jails nationwide hold 721,300 inmates: some mega-jails hold thousands (ex. La county twin towers: women are fastest growing prison population (15%, only 26% of hails had a classification system for female inmates. Issues women face in jail: pregnancy (4-10%, substance abuse (30-70%, low educational levels, overcrowding of prisons has posed biggest issue for jails, many jurisdictions have begun diverting jail populations to community-based programs. Jails were built on assumption that inmates were violent: makes staff job harder due to maximum control over inmates" movements, tend to encourage the very behaviors they seek to control. In 70s, "new generation jails" emerged: known as podular jails, with 16-46 inmates in each pod, allow for continuous observation of inmates and communication with inmates.
