CJ 110 Chapter 11: Chapter 11 vocab (book).odt
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Prison: a state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement. Justice model: a contemporary model of imprisonment based on the principle of just desert. Prison capacity: the size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold. This term is used by the federal government to denote ultra-high-security prisons. Jail: a confinement facility administered by an agency of local government, typically a law enforcement agency, intended for adults but sometimes also containing juveniles. Jails hold people who are being detained pending adjudication, usually those sentenced to a year or less: direct-supervision jail: a temporary confinement facility that eliminates many of the traditional barriers between inmates and corrections staff. Privatization: the movement toward the wider use of private prisons.
