CRJU110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Term Of Office

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJU110
• Professor: Parker Karen

Document Summary

Prison types and definitions: minimum security prison. Least secure facility that houses white collar and non-violent offenders, maintains few security measure, and has liberal visitation policies: medium security prison. Less secure facility that houses mainly non-violent offenders, more contact with outside world than maximum security prison, and has programs: maximum security prison. Most secure facility that houses dangerous felons and maintains strict visitation policies. Small farms road camps forestry camps: most likely located in rural areas, house inmates considered. Non-violent low on internal and external risk (no escape risk: facilities have been created mainly to serve economic needs of the community, most facilities do not provide education, vocational, or counseling-like services other than work. Medium security facilities: largest number of facilities, exposes inmates to a variety of programs intended to help them become useful members of society, predominate consideration is security: Perimeter security in the form of masonry walls, double cyclone fences.