Jails

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Jails

• Chapter Four

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Role of Jails
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Jails and Misdemeanants
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Jails and Misdemeanants (continued)
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Jail Populations

• From 1990 to 2001, the number of jail inmates per
  100,000 U.S. residents rose from 163 to 222.

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Jails and Misdemeanants

• The female prison population has almost doubled
  since 1990.

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Jails
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Role of Jails
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The Characteristics of Jail Populations
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Overcrowding

• Due to prison litigation in the 1970s and
  1980s, jails became the dumping grounds, and
  jails which were mainly temporary facilities for
  serious offenders and a place to sentence drunks
  and misdemeanors, have become a place were we
  have serious violent offenders.

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How to Deal with Overcrowding

• There are several programs

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What Are Jails
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Female Inmates
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Jail Procedures

• The basic operating procedures of jails can
  generally be divided into 5 categories

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Growth of Jail Populations
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Jail Suicides
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Risk Factors
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New Generation Jails