1. Prison and Prisoners
Class 1

2. Administrative Give Quiz Friday is drop date Papers
Folders, proposals, margins and fonts
Citations and bibliography
Electronic Version

3. Review
Movie – The Plea
Myth that the court system treats people equally and finds the truth
Biases of bail and plea bargaining systems
Importance of the norms of the court-room community
Limited impact the courts can have on crime

4. Today Purposes of Imprisonment The Prison Population
Prisons in History
Contemporary Issues about prisons
Working Corrections
Key Issues from Today’s Class

5. I. Purposes of Imprisonment
What are the purposes of putting people in prison?
How practical is each of these goals?
Are the goals consistent or contradictory?

6. II. The Prison Population
Size of prison population
Trends in incarceration
Jails and Prisons

7. III. Prisons in History
Colonial Period
19th Century
20th Century

8. IV. Contemporary Issues about Prisons
Privatization
Escapes
Jail and the Poor

9. IV. Contemporary Issues about Prisons
Conditions in Prison
Can We Reduce Prison Violence?
Re-entry

10. IV. Contemporary Issues about Prisons
Families of Prisoners
Prisons and Research
Recidivism

11. V. Working Corrections Who works in jails and prisons
Sources of Stress
Careers in Corrections

12. VI. Key Issues from Today’s Class
Goals of incarceration not always clear or consistent
U.S. leads the world in incarceration
Growing incarceration of the poor
Almost all prisoners eventually are released
Correctional officers have little training except in custody issues

13. Next Time
Capital Punishment