. Is the process by which correctional clients are selected discriminatory?

8. Why do you think the penitentiary first caught on in Pennsylvania and New York? How would you explain the increase in the number of penitentiaries throughout the United States after Eastern State Penitentiary and Auburn Prison began operating?

9. What lessons can today’s corrections professionals learn from the historical punishment practices covered in this chapter? Which practices should we not reinstate? Which practices should we consider adopting?

10. How do you think that people convicted of committing crime will be punished in the United States in the future? What established punishments will still be around, and what kinds of new sanctions might emerge? 11. Conduct research regarding the “three-strikes law.” Choose a state that has this law and also locate a state that has “two-strikes law.” Discuss the differences between the two states’ incarcerated population and whether you believe this to be fair and equitable to people who commit crime. Also, refer to the states’ department of correctional mission’s statement to see if the two parallel in their stance toward criminal activity.

12. What difficulties might you, as a correctional officer, foresee in attempting to run your unit of the institution while at the same time upholding the legal rights of the residents?

13. Should convicted people under parole supervision enjoy the same constitutional rights as law-abiding citizens? If not, which rights should be withheld? Should these rights be granted after a person successfully completes parole?

14. Which of the following alternatives to litigation—grievance procedures, ombudsman, and mediation—do you believe is most effective in maximum-security prisons for men? What factors make these alternatives less effective at resolving complaints? Please explain your answer in at least three sentences or more.

15. Is the process by which correctional clients are selected discriminatory? What might be done to reduce actual or perceived discrimination? This answer needs at least 4-5 sentences or more. 16. How does the classification of correctional clients reflect the fragmentation of corrections?