Full Description
Since the 1970s, the corrections system has experienced exponential growth. Over the past four decades, the number of inmates held in US prisons and jails has quadrupled. This massive growth is associated with a number of different issues and challenges within prisons and jails, including overcrowding; gang activity and misconduct; a shift away from rehabilitation and programming; expanded use of solitary confinement; inmates' human rights; criticisms of health care; and massive, publicly funded budgets. Many states now spend more on corrections than on higher education.
This book explores these issues in depth. It takes current topics in institutional corrections and explores the main issues surrounding each. Themes include institutional corrections, prison behavior (including gangs and misconduct), solitary confinement, prison programming, and rehabilitation.
Contents
Section I: Institutional Corrections
Chapter 1. Introduction: Corrections Today, Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick and John P. Walsh
Chapter 2. Jails, John P. Walsh and Sarah Light
Chapter 3. Prisons, Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick
Chapter 4. Gender Issues in Corrections, Carrie L. Buist and Emily Lenning
Section II: Security Issues
Chapter 5. Classification of Inmates, Mari B. Pierce
Chapter 6. Prison Gangs and Security Threat Groups, Beverly R. Crank and Catherine D. Marcum
Chapter 7. Solitary Confinement: Restrictive Housing, Segregation, and the Isolation of Inmates, Jody Sundt
Section III: Programming
Chapter 8. Psychological Prison Programs, Emily Lasko and Chad Posick
Chapter 9. Substance Abuse Treatment in Prisons and Jails, David Olson
Chapter 10. Correctional Education and Social Reintegration, Daniel R. Lee
Chapter 11. Conclusion: Corrections Tomorrow, John P. Walsh and Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick
