CJ-7009 - Institutional Corrections

Semester Credits: 3 Weeks: 8

This course provides students an opportunity to examine, in depth, the state of the American Penal System from minimum security work camps, which are free of guard towers, searchlights, and fences to the nation’s most famous maximum security prison – Super Max. The course begins with a history of jails in America and follows their development to the modern era. Students will also be required to evaluate the current institutional state of the corrections system in the United States.