Reference no: EM133013403
Question 1. How many adults are (as of 07.01.2021) kept/housed in Mn DOC incarceration facilities?
Question 2. Complete the table below on race and corrections. Note that you'll use two different sources of data to complete the table.
Race Percent of Mn DOC adult inmate population Percent of Minnesota general population*
American Indian
White
Black/African American
(*For this column use Minnesota Population Quick Facts link)
Question 3. The DOC surveys inmates at intake to assess marital status. What is the most common response by inmates regarding marital status?
Question 4. According to the Sentencing Project listing (found under Content) of state-by-state black/white racial disparity in imprisonment, what five states have the most racial disparity in their prisons?
(Use "Minnesota Department of Corrections Performance Report 2020" for Q. 5)
Question 5. The Minnesota DOC calculates an average adult operational per diem (average cost per day per adult prisoner). The average adult operational per diem for FY 20 was $ ______.
Based on this per diem, what does it cost to house an inmate for one year? _______
(Use "Soaring prescription prices threaten prison health budgets" for Q6)
Question 6. Over the past years, Minnesota prisons have seen a 20 percent increase in offenders with:
(Use "Trends in U.S. Corrections Statistics" for Q 7-10)
Question 7. Category Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment of U.S. Residents Born in 2001
White men
Black Men
Latino men
White women
Question 8. What five countries have the highest rates of incarceration?
Question 9. What state has the highest overall incarceration rate?
Question 10. In two sentences, describe how the War on Drugs has impacted incarceration?
(Use your text to answer Q11-12)
Question 11. Recall the Thomas Theorem: If you believe something to be real, it becomes real in its consequences." Read the section on public perception of crime. Since peaking in the early 1990s, crime rates have been __________ . However, the public believes crime rates are __________________.
Question 12. Marijuana was neither prohibited nor significantly regulated until the early 1900s. Why did marijuana take on a deviant label in the early to mid-1900s?