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medium security

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offenders: more serious and longer term, some violent offenses

facilities; single buildings with wings, locked doors, gates, guarded perimeters, gun towers, shared cells, communal gathering spaces

more limited participation in programs

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minimum security

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offenders: shorter sentences, nonviolent offenses, low escape and other risk
facilities: smaller, sprawling buildings like college campus, dorm-style housing, generally no locked cells
perimeter: unarmed correctional officer patrols, often no outer fences

inmates encourages to participate in treatment and development programs and interact with one another

inmates may be permitted to leave for work assignments

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maximum security

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serious offenders with violent crimes and long sentences, pose significant risk to themselves and others

facilities: many physical barriers, cell blocks separated by security perimeters, toilets in cells
perimeters: laser and video tech, auto locking doors, gun towers, multiple fence lines, constant surveillance

inmates allowed few it any freedoms, may be shackled or handcuffed

limited visitors and little interacting

may contain death row blocks

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supermax security

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20000 inmates

highest level of supervision possible

may be an entire prison or a wing of a maximum security facility

offenders are most dangerous, often political connections to terrorism (ADMAX - Federal)

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correctional officers

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tasks: inmate health care, food, supervision of inmates, treatment/rehabilitative programming

high stress job

paid similar amount to police

must do not carry guns and other weapons that can be taken and used against them

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hands-off doctrine

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pre 1960s

courts did not interfere with the mgmt of prisons

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1964 Cooper v Pate

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inmates the right to pursue legal action for violation of civil rights

Muslims have the right to pursue legal action for religious discrimination by religious officials

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1974 Wolff v McDonnell

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guarantees inmates due process rights

access to the court system for disciplinary violations and new charges while incarcerated

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1976 Estelle v Gamble

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requires “deliberate indifference” to conditions by prison officials in order for an inmate to argue that his incarceration violates 8th amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. officials must know about the situation and deliberately allow it to occur

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2005 Cutter v Wilkinson

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upholds religious land use and institutionalized persons act of 2000 protecting the religious freedom of inmates

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prison rape elimination act 2003

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formal review of rape cases

1932 substantiated sexual assaults most involving other inmates

ab 4% of prison inmates and 3% of jail inmates report being sexually assaulted while incarcerated during the past year

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why so much violence?

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subculture of violence

prison hierarchies

power

gendered isolation

prison “importation” vs “socialization”

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probation

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sentencing alternative to prison as decided by local judges

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parole

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supervised release from prison administered by the state

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intensive-supervision probation (ISP)

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probation programs with smaller caseloads, stricter conditions, and closer surveillance

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standard probation/parole conditions

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meeting with probation officer, address notification, job, restricted travel, firearms restrictions

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punitive probation/parole conditions

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fines, community service, restitution, drug testing, house arrest

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treatment probation/parole conditions

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counseling, job training, substance abuse aid

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release decision

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parole

how long offense should be confined

determining conditions of release

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investigation

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probation

pre-sentence report PSI/PSR

bail or recognizance recommendation