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True or False. Mentally ill individuals are most often arrested for severe, dangerous breaches of the law such as murder, assault, drug trafficking, and rape. 

Using what you have learned in this module about jails and those within them, briefly explain why jails may be called “dumping grounds for the poor.”

True or False. Jails are facilities that hold individuals that have been convicted of serious felony offenses and are going to be held for many years. 

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of local correctional institutions? 

True or False. The two purposes of financial restitution are to (1) Compensate for victim losses and (2) teach offenders financial responsibility. 

Why is it difficult for smaller jails to develop a variety of programs for inmates?

__________________ is a movement based on the belief that corrections should punish offenders as severely as possible. 

__________________ was the leading cause of death for jail inmates in 2019. 

Which of the following represents the most popular model of restorative justice? 

What is meant by the term “intermediate sanctions”?