Chapter 11 Corrections: History, Institutions, and Populations
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Chapter 11
Corrections:
History, Institutions, and
Populations
Learning Objectives
Understand the meaning of the term “the new
penology”
Be able to explain how the first penal
institutions developed in Europe
Explain how William Penn revolutionized
corrections
Compare the New York and Pennsylvania
prison models
Chart the development of penal reform
Learning objectives
Know how parole developed
List the purposes of jails and be familiar with
the make-up of jail populations
Be familiar with the term “new generation
jail”
Classify the different types of federal and
state penal institutions
Discuss prison population trends
History of Correctional Institutions
10th Century England Prisons
Used to detain debtors, unemployed, or those awaiting trial
12th Century England
County jails were constructed to hold thieves and vagrants
before the disposition of their sentence
1301 - Le Stinche prison in Italy
Punishment was incarceration
Separate cells
Segregated by age, gender, mental state, and seriousness of
the crime
History of Correctional Institutions
1557
The Brideswell workhouse was built to hold those
convicted of relatively minor offenses – serious
offenders were held there pending execution
1780s
English housed prisoners on hulks (abandoned ships
anchored in harbors)
Incarceration did not become the norm until
19th century
History of Correctional Institutions
The Origin of Corrections in the United States:
The modern American correctional system actually
started in Pennsylvania under the leadership of
William Penn
Early seventeenth century:
1773
The first American jail was built in James City, Virginia
Newgate Prison opened in Connecticut
1775
Castle Island Prison opened in Massachusetts
History of Correctional Institutions
The Development of Prisons:
William Penn’s code for prisons was adopted, and a
group of Quakers formed the Philadelphia Society for
Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons
The aim of the Society was to bring some degree of
humane and orderly treatment to the growing penal
system
The only models of custodial institutions at that time
were the local county jails that Penn had established
History of Correctional Institutions
The Development of Prisons:
In 1790, the Pennsylvania legislature called for
renovation of the prisoner system. A new wing of the
Walnut Street Jail was installed
The legislation ushered in ten years of reform and
attracted worldwide notice
The Walnut Street Jail was not a total success;
overcrowding undermined the goal of solitary
confinement and soon more than one inmate was
housed in each cell
History of Correctional Institutions
The New York and Pennsylvania Systems:
Both experienced challenges in maintaining everincreasing numbers of convicted criminals
1816 – New York built a new prison at Auburn
Many features used in these prisons systems are still
in use today
History of Correctional Institutions
The Auburn System:
Tier system
Congregate system
The philosophy of the Auburn prison system was
crime prevention through fear of punishment and
silent confinement
Silence and solitude was seen as key
Regimentation became a standard mode of prison life
Inmates congregate for eating and for work
History of Correctional Institutions
The Pennsylvania System:
Pennsylvania took the radical step of establishing a
prison that isolated each inmate in a single cell for
the duration of his sentence
The new Pennsylvania State Prison opened in 1826
and was called the Western Penitentiary
Its inmates were housed in solitary confinement
being allowed out about one hour per day
Pennsylvania vs. New York System
Prison
Structure
Living
Activity
Discipline
Auburn
System
Tiered
Cells
Congregate
Group
Work
Silence,
Harsh
punishment
Pennsylvania
System
Single
cells set in
semicircle
Isolated
In-cell
work,
Bible
Study
Silence,
Harsh
Punishment
History of Correctional Institutions
Prisons of the Nineteenth Century:
The tier system was adopted in all states but
Pennsylvania
Prisons were overcrowded and the single cell
principle was often ignored
Prison brutality common
Development of prison industry:
Contract system
Convict-lease system
Prison farms
History of Correctional Institutions
Reform Efforts:
The National Congress Penitentiary and Reformatory
Discipline, held in Cincinnati in 1870, heralded a new
era of prison reform:
Experts called for the treatment, education, and training of
inmates
Elmira Reformatory (Zebulon Brockway) in New York,
individualized treatment, the indeterminate sentence, and
parole
History of Correctional Institutions
Prisons of the Twentieth Century:
Time of contrast in the U.S. prison system
Advocate of reform, rehabilitation, education, religion
Development of specialized prisons
Industrial prisons for hard-core inmates
Agricultural prisons for non dangerous offenders
Institutions for criminally insane
Prison industry evolved
History of Correctional Institutions
Contemporary Correctional Institutions:
1960s-1970s:
Prisoners’ rights movement
Prison riots
The medical model emerged
1980s:
Inmate violence and gangs emerge
Control of inmates essential
Incapacitation
Punishment rather than rehabilitation
History of Correctional Institutions
Contemporary Correctional Institutions:
Today:
Attempts to improve prison conditions
Tighten discipline
Build new super-maximum security prisons to house
extremely violence inmates
Prison overcrowding has stalled improvement attempts
Jails
Five Purposes:
①
Detain accused offenders who cannot make bail
②
Hold convicted offenders awaiting sentence
③
Confinement for those convicted of misdemeanors
④
⑤
Hold probationers and parolees arrested for
violations and waiting for a hearing
House felons when state prisons are overcrowded
Jails
Jail Populations and Trends:
By 2010, 750,000 jail inmates
9 out of 10 inmates are adult males
40% white
African American are nearly 5x more likely than
whites to have been in jail
7,500 minors held in adults jails each day
Minorities are over represented in inmate population
Jails
Jail Conditions:
Jails are usually a low priority in the criminal justice
system
Jails are usually administered at the county level
Jails in some counties are physically deteriorated,
holding inmates that have serious emotional
problems
Jails are considered a revolving door of the justice
system
Jails
New Generation Jails:
A building boom is underway to alleviate
overcrowding and improve effectiveness
Direct-supervision:
Allow for continuous observation of inmates
Indirect-supervision:
Allow for continuous observation of inmates, but using
communication devices from secure rooms
Types of Prisons
Maximum Security Prisons:
House the most notorious offenders
Fortress-like with high walls and guard towers
High tech security measures
Armed guards
Super-Maximum-Security-Prisons (Super-
Max):
These house the most predatory offenders
Inmates are locked up for 22 to 24 hours per day
Types of Prisons
Medium-Security Prisons:
Similar in appearance to maximum-security
The conditions are less vigilant and less tense than
maximum security facilities
Promote treatment efforts and allows freedom of
movement
Prisons
Minimum-Security Prisons:
Operate without armed guards and walls
House the most trustworthy and least violent
offenders
These facilities have dormitories or small private
rooms for inmates
Freedom of movement
Utilize work furloughs and educational/vocational
training
Alternative Correctional Institutions
In addition to prisons and jails, a number of
other correctional facilities are opening within
the United States:
Prison farms and camps
Shock incarceration in boot camps
Community correctional facilities
Private prisons
Inmate Populations
Overview:
The vast correctional system now contains over 1.6
million inmates
1 in 31 adults in America is under correctional system
supervision
90% inmates are young, male, minority, and poor
1 in 36 Hispanic men incarcerated
1 in 12 African American men incarcerated
Inmates suffer from social problems, emotional
problems, and psychological problems
Imprisonment Rate, 1980-2009
Inmate Populations
Growth Trends:
Between 1980 and 2006 population skyrocketed,
today the numbers have stabilized or declined
slightly
1/3 of inmates are held on parole violations
Mandatory sentences are holding prisoners longer
The nation’s prison population may be maxing out
High prison costs have compelled states to utilize
cheaper community supervision alternatives