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Discuss some of the major issues that elderly inmates face while in prison.

Which of the following statements about boot camps is most accurate?

A sentence delaying conviction on a guilty plea until after probation is served is a:

Which jail type of jail complies with the Prison Rape Elimination Act in that it establishes a zero-tolerance standard for the incidence of prison rape in U.S. prisons?

It has been shown that “three-strike” laws have not contributed to overcrowded prisons in America.

At the beginning of the 19th century, children, debtors, slaves, the mentally ill, and the physically ill were housed in jails, but as the century progressed, children and the mentally ill were more often sent to other institutions.

Maximum security prisons usually have two types of segregation: administrative segregation and ___________.

Civil forfeiture is an act solely against:

One major purpose of community corrections acts is to encourage state imprisonment in lieu of local sentencing options.

The presentence investigation serves as the basis for sentencing and has a significant influence on whether the convicted defendant will be granted community release or sentenced to secure confinement.