Learning Outcomes

• Define and operationalize concepts specific to incarceration, and post incarceration control through probation and/or parole in the United States
• Identify and describe historical, structural and cultural issues related to the correctional processes in the
• Summarize the goals, organizations and procedures of the correctional system in the United States.

INCARCERATION

Tasks

1. Review the Lectures and Key Terms for**
   • Jails (Sec 6.1)
   • Prisons (Sec 6.2)
   • Prisoner’s Rights (Sec 6.3)
2. Complete the BlackBoard Quizzes for lectures and Key Terms Sec 6.1 – 6.3
3. Read Corrections (8.6 – 8.13)*
   • 8.6. Prisons and Jails
   • 8.7. A Brief History of Prisons and Jails 
   • 8.8. Types of Jails
   • 8.9. Who Goes to Jail? 
   • 8.10. Growth of Prisons in the United States 
   • 8.11. Types of Prisons 
   • 8.12. Prison Levels
   • 8.13. Who Goes to Prison?
4. Watch Mass Incarceration in the United States(4 min)*****
5. Watch Habeas Corpus: The Guantanamo Cases (25 min)****
6. Review Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019*****
7. Write a reflection on Myths 1 – 5 presented in Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2019******

COMMUNITY SITUATED  CONTROL

1. Review the Lectures and Key Terms for**
   • Probation (Sec 6.4)
   • Parole (Sec 6.5)
2. Complete the BlackBoard Quizzes for lectures and Key Terms Sec 6.4 – 6.5
3. Read Community Corrections (9.1 – 9.11)*
   • 9.1. Diversion 
   • 9.2. Intermediate Sanctions
   • 9.3. Probation
   • 9.4. Boot Camps/Shock Incarceration
   • 9.5. Drug Courts 
   • 9.6. Halfway Houses 
   • 9.8. House Arrest 
   • 9.9. Community Residential Facilities 
   • 9.10. Restorative Justice 
   • 9.11. Parole
4. Complete the Community Corrections Critical ThInking Questions Exercise*
5. Read Current Issues in Community Corrections (9.12 – 9.16)*
   • 9.12. Current Issues in Corrections 
   • 9.13. Current Issues in Corrections: Mass Incarceration
   • 9.14. Current Issues in Corrections: War on Drugs and Gangs
   • 9.15. Current Issues in Corrections: Aging and Overcrowding
   • 9.16. Current Issues in Corrections: Reentry and the Future of Corrections
6. Complete the Current Issues in Corrections Critical ThInking Questions Exercise*

Sources:

*Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System: Open Oregon Educational Resources

**Criminal Justice: An Overview of the System: Adam McKee

***Criminal Law by University of Minnesota textbook

****Annenberg Classroom

*****Prison Policy Initiative 

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