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Prisons
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Institution designed to house convicted adult felons serving a sentence of one year or more
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Rhodes V. Chapman
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A 1981 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overcrowded conditions resulting in two inmates housed in cells designed for one person was not a violation of the Eighth Amendment right of protection from crue and unusual punishment.
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New Penology
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An emphasis on rational and efficient deplyment of control strategies for managing and confining high-risk criminal populations.
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War on Drugs
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An initiative by President Reagan to reduce the availability of and dependence on illicit drugs through interdiction, criminal sanctions, and treatment.
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Street Crimes
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Crimes with little sophistication required, such as murder, robbery, burglary, assault, and theft.
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Federalized
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To make a crime a federal rather than a state offense; results when Congress decides that it desires federal law enforcement of certain offenses.
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Three Penitentiary Act
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The 1891 act of Congress that authorized the construction of the first three federal prisons.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
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An a gency within the U.S. Department of Justice chraged with housing and managing federal law offenders.
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Sanford Bates
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The first director of the BOP (federal bureau of prisons)
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Sentencing Reform Act of 1984
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An act of Congress that abolished parole, established determinate sentecing, and reduced the amount of good time available to federal offenders.
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Security Levels
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Levels such as minimum, low, medium, high, or administrative; they are distinguished by features such as the presence of towers and other perimeter security barriers (fence or walls) with detection devices, the type of housing for prisoners (cell or dormitory), and the staff-to-inmate ratio.
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Security Classifications
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A system for matching offenders to institutions that have the physical security and staff resources to prevent escapes and control their behavior.
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Private Prison
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Any secure correctional facility operated by an organization that is not a governmental agency and usually in a "for profit" manner that contracts with a governmental entity to provide security, housing, and programs for adult offenders.
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Private Prisons names
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Corrections Corporation of America, The Geo Group Inc., Cornell Correctional Companies.
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Parole
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The conditional release of inmates by a parole prior to the expiration of their sentence. "word of Honor"
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