Posted: March 12th, 2023

Corrections Assignment

 This is about prisons.

1. Explain the need for custody staff to be present 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year long. What impact does minimal critical staffing have on budgetary matters?
2. Do inmates have a constitutional right to receive medical attention? Should it be?  Why or why not?   Does the state have a ministerial duty to provide adequate medical treatment? Should it?  Why or Why Not?
3. Define the term reclassification and the purpose of reclassification within correctional institutions.
4. Explain the costs associated with delivery of medical services, and the implications of an aging population on costs in the future.
5. Define the “reintegration model” and its assumptions about the role of corrections.
6. Describe the growth of the jail population and why the concept of capacity is important.
7. Describe jail standards and their impact over time.
8. Describe the major alternatives to jail confinement, noting the advantages and disadvantages of each.
9. Describe the presumption of innocence and how this concepts effects jails within the correctional system.