NCJ Number
11537
Date Published
1973
Length
74 pages
Annotation
SERIES OF OVERVIEWS OF EACH PENAL INSTITUTION AND ITS SATELLITES IN INDIANA.
Abstract
THE MATERIALS COVER A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE FACILITIES ENCOMPASS INCLUDING THE PHYSICAL PLANT, RECREATIONAL AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES, MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC AVAILABILITY, THE SECURITY PROVIDED, AND THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDS OF THE VARIOUS INSTALLATIONS. THE HANDBOOK WAS COMPILED WITH THE JUDGES' NEEDS IN MIND TO FOSTER AN INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATE'S PENAL INSTITUTIONS. IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR JUDGES DURING THE SENTENCING PHASE OF A TRIAL AS TO THE INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE IN INDIANA. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)