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Prisons Today: US vs. World
* United States has about 5% of the World Population
*United States holds 25% of the worlds prison population.
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Prisons Today: Race
• The rate of imprisonment for African American males is seven times that of white males.
• Bureau of Justice Statistics states that a black male in America has a 32.3% lifetime chance of going to prison; white males have a 5.9% chance.
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Prisons Today: State Usage• Use of imprisonment varies considerably between states.
• Factors contributing to the variation: > Violent crime rate> Political environment> Funding for prisons> Employment rate> Percentage of African American males> Level of welfare support
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Prisons Today: Facility Size
• The size of prisons vary. • One out of every four prisons is a large, maximumsecurity prison house almost 1,000 inmates.
• The typical state prison is small.• It costs about $62 a day per inmate
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Prisons Today: Typical System
> 1 high security> 1 or more medium security> 1 for adult women> 1 or 2 for young adults> 1 or two specialized mental hospitaltype
security prisons> 1 or more opentype institutions
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Overcrowded Prisons• Overcrowding is a serious issue.
> Prison capacity—size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold.
> There are three types of prison capacity:– Rated number of inmates a prison can handle,
according to experts– Operational number of inmates a prison can
effectively accommodate based on management considerations
– Design number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified
Rhodes v. Chapman (1981)—Overcrowding is not by itself cruel and unusual punishment
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