Community Prisons

Community corrections and institutional corrections have been a big part of our criminal justice system and helps us deter crime different ways. Both do the same thing by protecting our society and punishing criminals two different ways. In order to just decide on which one we want to be expanded we have to go more into depth on understanding them first, which will be all in this paper. Without neither of these different types of corrections our society would be reckless and very unsafe but with one being expanded we could really benefit our society making it much safer instantly and in the long run. Also, by expanding one of these, criminals might also get much more of a learning experience and get taught much more so they do not go and commit
“Institutional corrections refers to those persons housed in secure correctional facilities. There are many different types of correctional facilities, operated by different government entities. Local jails are operated by county or municipal authorities, and typically hold offenders for short periods ranging from a single day to a year” (BJS, 2016). Prisons are the types of facilities where criminals are held for much longer sentences because the crime the suspect committed was much worse than one being in a community corrections facility. The prisons get ran by each states government and also the federal Bureau of Prisons. All of the other correctional facilities whether they are private or not fall into this category such as the U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. territories and federal agencies such as Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
Although jails are ran by the local law enforcement departments they are still in the category of institutional corrections. “Jails are administered by local law enforcement and hold offenders with shorter sentences — usually for 1 year or less — and those awaiting trial” (NIJ, 2016). Under the institutional corrections there are many different types of prisons that fall under this category. They have five different types of prisons known as minimum, low, medium, high, complex and administrative. Minimum is the prison with the least security. “Minimum security institutions, also known as Federal Prison Camps (FPCs), have dormitory housing, a relatively low staff-to-inmate ratio, and limited or no perimeter fencing. These institutions are work- and program-oriented” (BOP, 2016). The prison with the most security is known as the maximum or administrative facility. “Administrative facilities are institutions with special missions, such as the detention of pretrial offenders; the treatment of inmates with serious or chronic medical problems; or the containment of extremely dangerous, violent, or escape-prone inmates” (BOP,