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Questions
1. What was the hands-off doctrine, and how were prisons run during this era?
2. Identify and discuss legal liabilities associated with correctional staff.
3. How would you describe the current relationship between corrections and judicial oversight? Is it now balanced, or are prisons systems still under close scrutiny?
4. Compare and contrast state tort cases and federal Section 1983 cases.
5. Discuss injunctions and consent decrees. What is the purpose of each when leveled against a correctional system?
6. Compare issues for large metropolitan jails to those for small rural jails.
7. What is booking, and why is this area of the jail so important?
8. Discuss the dynamics of suicide within the jail facility.
9. How have communicable diseases impacted jail operations during recent years?
10. How can a first-time jail experience result in labeling a person and thereby potentially increasing his or her likelihood of continuing in a life of crime?