Prisons in the Last Ten Years

• NCJ Number: 232699
• Journal: Victims & Offenders Volume: 5 Issue: 3 Dated: July 2010 Pages: 240-252
• Author(s): Richard Tewksbury
• Date Published: July 2010
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: For additional articles in this special issue see NCJ-232695-98 and NCJ-232700-701.

Annotation

This paper give an overview of American prisons in the last 10 years.

Abstract

Prisons in the first decade of the 21st century face both a wide range of age-old challenges as well as newly emerging ones. Five major developments of the decade have significantly influenced prison operations and introduced important changes in both day-to-day and ongoing institutional management. Two developments arise from internal changesincreasing populations and an ever-growing emphasis on security. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) represents an externally imposed development. New security/management technologies represent both a challenge and an opportunity for corrections. Finally, the increasing costs of corrections, arising from both internal and societal forces, are a major challenge for prisons. (Published Abstract)