2. Chapter 10 Looking Toward the Future

3. Overcrowded Prisons, Drugs, Laws, and Race 7 million Americans under correctional supervision; 2 million in prison Rate of imprisonment is going up; crime rates are going down No relationship between crime rates and imprisonment rates Effects on prison population Harsher sentencing, parole and probation revocations, deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill, War on Drugs

4. Opportunity Costs Comparison between education and corrections spending Link between lack of education and crime?

5. Private Prisons, Private Profits “Build and manage” contracts Evaluations are mixed Problem of “bait and switch” Housing violent offenders in unsuspecting host states

6. The “Super Max” Prison 57 super max in 1997 Used inappropriately for mentally ill inmates? Evaluation showed higher rates of violence after prisoners were sent to super max States have legal right to send prisoners to super max without due process Abu Ghraib? Stanford Prison Experiment, go to http://www.prisonexp.org/ http://www.prisonexp.org/ Is prison, by nature, dehumanizing?

7. Cross Sex Supervision Majority of officers in some states’ women’s prisons are men Sexual misconduct occurs in both men’s and women’s prisons Exploitive elements in women’s prisons

8. A New Era of Prison History (1 of 2) 71% feel that “many” people in prison are drug addicts and need treatment ReEntry 650,000 people released each year back to community Recidivism – 67% Removing civil disabilities Factors in success: job, family, housing, drug free

9. A New Era of Prison History (2 of 2) Alternatives to Prison $40/day prison; $2.50/day probation Examples of alternatives Drug courts Repealing mandatory minimum laws Electronic monitoring