Life in Prison

Sections of Prison
Juveniles

Male/Females

Mental Health

Maximum Security

General Population

Juveniles
Juvenile facilities scared to take in violent offenders

Some held in separate part of prison

4 ways juveniles could be held in the correctional system:
Blended sentencing
Straight Adult incarceration
Graduated incarceration
Segregated incarceration

Juveniles
A Clarksville juvenile, Brett Price,  14, who was  involved in a Homicide was transferred from juvenile court and will be tried as an adult on a 1st degree felony/murder.

Joe Sullivan was sentenced to die in prison at age 13 for a sexual assault. He is physically and mentally disabled but remains imprisoned in Florida

Males/Females
Separated for obvious reasons:
Reduce sexual activity
Safety
Punishment
Males fight to impress females

Some are incarcerated for victimizing someone of the opposite sex which may increase in prison if they are housed together
Mental Health
Targeted more by other inmates

Specialized supervision to ensure their medicine is regularly administered

Control outbreaks that may cause bigger problems
Maximum Security
Safety
Inmates on this level of security are only allowed out of the cell for 1 hour a day
Examples: Alcatraz





Modern Day SUPERMAX Prisons
General Population
Inmates who have earned trust on good behavior

Less serious crimes

Work release prisoners
Cost Facts
Costs tax payers $32 billion a year!

To house an inmate for a year- $22,000

To house an inmate who was charged with a $300 theft charge, the public will spend about $100,000 for the 5 year sentence

Average life term costs about $1.5 million per inmate

Ratios
Average guard-inmate ratio



Average male-female ratio
Problems in Prison
Sexual assaults

Murders

Gangs

Lack of rehabilitation

Lack of funding [continues]

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