Assignment
For this assignment, you are to research various books,
journal articles, websites and other scholarly research materials to determine what issues are currently plaguing today’s prisons. After conducting this initial research, you must choose an issue to research in further detail and complete a 5 page research paper that addresses the following:
1. A review of the American Correctional System (what components are present).
2. A complete summary of the issue you have identified, including the history of this problem.
3. Why it is an issue for the correctional system.
4. Statistics of how much of a problem this is for corrections.
5. What correctional policies are currently in place to address the issue.
6. What alternatives do you suggest to resolve this issue.
7. Defend why you feel your alternatives would help.
Some examples of current issues may include but you are not limited to the following (be sure to focus on the correctional aspect and how it affects the correctional system):
• Gangs in correctional organizations (prisons, jails, or probation).
• Sexual harassment of prisoners.
• Sexual harassment of or by correctional staff.
• Drugs in correctional institutions or the impact of drugs on probation.
• Violence in prison.
• The mentally ill.
• The aging population of prisoners.
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