WDW101Y1 : Week 13.docx
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Provincial corrections: pre-trial detention and sentences less than two years. 2005 rate of incarceration: provincial 79 per 100,000: federal 49 per 100,00); total: 129 per. Federal corrections: sentenced of 2 years or more. What factors determine the prison security level that an inmate will be assigned to- min, medium, max. Acts as a reward system- if you behave well you can go down ranks of security. 1)types of offences 2) escape risk 3) threat to correctional staff 4) threat to other inmates 5) Threat to prison order 6) threats to the inmate"s own safety- ex. Approx 9. 8 mill people are currently incarcerated throughout the globe. Over half incarcerated in 3 countries: the us, china and russia. 60 percent of all nations have rates below 150/100 000. Many of the lowest rates of imprisonments are found in small countries - india and nigeria are 2 exceptions to this trend. Prison populations grew in many parts of the world in the 1990s.
