Explain how various alternatives to incarceration work

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The United States incarcerates more people, in both absolute numbers and per capita, than any other nation in the world. Since 1970, the number of incarcerated people has increased sevenfold to 2.3 million in jail and prison today, far outpacing population growth and crime.

In the United States, approximately half a million correctional officers are responsible for supervising more than two million inmates. Correctional officers are exposed to unique workplace hazards within a controlled prison environment.

During your reading this term, you read some chapters from the textbook and reviewed some resources about mass incarceration and the death penalty. You reviewed those chapters again this week. For this homework, you will be using the template, Prisons Homework Template. For the homework, you will address the following:

Question A. Explain when prison overcrowding became a problem in the United States and what was the main issue that caused the overcrowding.

Question B. Explain how various alternatives to incarceration work.

Question C. List the pros and cons for various alternatives to incarceration.

Question D. Describe the effectiveness of various alternatives to incarceration.

Question E. List death penalty related statistics for a state in the United States.

Question F. Describe your opinion of whether the death penalty is effective in deterring crime and should remain in place.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this homework is:

1.Examine issues related to prisons, prisoners, and correctional officers.

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