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Although salaries vary widely from state to state, correctional employees often earn more than workers in comparable positions elsewhere.

Attracting, motivating, and ________ outstanding personnel is key to an effective correctional system.

Homosexual activity is NOT forbidden in prison. 

Group programming is never used in the prison setting.

Today the U.S. corrections system serves as a progressive model for the world’s systems of punishment.

Austin is serving a three-year sentence for burglary.  He suffers from PTSD, bipolar disorder, and social anxiety.  He continues to serve time in segregation for fighting.  He is participating in individual therapy sessions focusing on the treatment of the mind, but doesn’t see much good in doing so. What special population is Austin categorized under?

Which of the following is NOT one of the major trends in corrections?​

Prison treatment groups are often highly confrontational.

An example of techno-corrections is __________.

The increased number of elderly inmates has had no effect on life inside adult prisons.