Activity 1A: What’s the Goal?
Opportunities for Integration: English Language Arts/Drama
Several plays from the Thousand Kites Theater: Sparking the Criminal Justice Dialogue
http://www.thousandkites.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=196&Itemid=103
Vocabulary
A comprehensive list of vocabulary words taught and used in this unit is available here. {Still to come)
Web Sites for Corrections Committee Research
http://executive.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/Corrections-Planning.aspx
http://www.co.jefferson.co.us/cjp/index.htm
http://www.co.blue-earth.mn.us/dept/planningcommittee.php
http://www.nashville.gov/cjp/Organization.asp
Activity 1B: Corrections Over Time
The History of Corrections in the United States
The Evolution of the New York Prison System
http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/state/html/nyprisons.html
Florida Department of Corrections: Centuries of Progress---Timeline: 1821--2003
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/oth/timeline/
The Pennsylvania Prison Society: Prison Reform in Pennsylvania
http://www.prisonsociety.org/about/history.shtml
Tour of Alcatraz: http://www.virtuar.com/alcatraz/index.htm
Activity 1C: A Complex System
Extension: Using Technology to Explore Incarceration Data
Interactive maps and graphics depicting incarceration rates in the United States and other countries.
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/02/incarceration-nation
NY Times interactive graphic
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/04/22/us/20080423_PRISON_GRAPHIC.html#
Web Sites for Research on Components of the Corrections System
Sentencing
Criminal Sentencing FAQs
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/how-criminal-sentencing-works-faq-29149.html
Criminal Sentencing: The Basics
http://criminal.lawyers.com/Criminal-Law-Basics/Criminal-Sentencing-The-Basics.html
Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Facts at a Glance: Felony Sentencing Trends Chart
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/felpct.cfm
Possible Outcomes of Prosecution. The Criminal Court Process. Dane County, WI.
http://www.countyofdane.com/daoffice/process.htm
Sentencing Alternatives: Prison, Probation, Fines, and Community Service
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/sentencing-alternatives-prison-probation-fines-30294.html
Sentencing, Probation, Incarceration, and Parole
South Carolina Victim Assistance Network
http://www.scvan.org/SG-SPIP.html
Understanding the Federal Courts p. 21
http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalResources/FederalCourtBasics/UnderstandingTheFederalCourts.aspx
U.S. Sentencing Commission Quarterly Report, p. 32-38, p. 40, p. 43
http://ftp.ussc.gov/sc_cases/USSC_2010_Quarter_Report_3rd.pdf
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Key Facts at a Glance: Felony Sentencing Trends Chart
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/felpct.cfm
New Mexico Sentencing Costs
nmsc.unm.edu/index.php/download_file/-/view/393/
Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission Bulletin
Smart Sentencing, Vol. 2, Issue 5 August 17, 2010
http://www.mosac.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=45502
Committee 2: Probation
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2009
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/ppus09.pdf
Sentencing Alternatives: Prison, Probation, Fines, and Community Service
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/sentencing-alternatives-prison-probation-fines-30294.html
Annual Report 2009
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/2009_Press_Releases/docs/CDCR_Annual_Report.pdf
Sentencing, Probation, Incarceration, and Parole
South Carolina Victim Assistance Network
http://www.scvan.org/SG-SPIP.html
Committee 3: Incarceration: County and State
California’s Changing Prison Population.
Public Policy Institute of California, August 2006.
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/jtf/JTF_PrisonsJTF.pdf
Prison Count 2010: State Population Declines for the First Time in 38 Years.
Pew Center on the States
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Prison_Count_2010.pdf?n=880
Prison Facilities
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Prisons/index.html
Annual Report 2009, pp. 4-19
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/2009_Press_Releases/docs/CDCR_Annual_Report.pdf
Collateral Costs: The Impact of Incarceration on Economic Mobility
Pew Center on the States
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Collateral_Costs.pdf?n=8653
The True Cost of Prisons
Vera Institute
http://www.vera.org/project/true-cost-prisons (report slated for release summer 2011)
Committee 4: Incarceration: Federal
Prison Types and General Information
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/index.jsp
Weekly Population Report
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/locations/weekly_report.jsp
State of the Bureau 2009, pp. 2, 9, 20-30
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/news/PDFs/sob09.pdf
Careers with the Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/jobs/index.jsp
Collateral Costs: The Impact of Incarceration on Economic Mobility
Pew Center on the States
http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Collateral_Costs.pdf?n=8653
The True Cost of Prisons
Vera Institute
http://www.vera.org/project/true-cost-prisons (report slated for release summer 2011)
Student Information (programs)
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/jobs/students/index.jsp
Committee 5: Parole
Division of Adult Parole Operations
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Parole/index.html
Mission of the Parole Commission
U.S. Parole Commission
http://www.justice.gov/uspc/
Overview of the Parole Process in California for Life Inmates
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Post-Conviction Justice Project
http://lawweb.usc.edu/why/academics/clinics/pcjp/parole.cfm
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2009
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/ppus09.pdf
Trends in State Parole, 1990-2000
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/tsp00.pdf
Annual Report 2009, pp. 20-23
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/2009_Press_Releases/docs/CDCR_Annual_Report.pdf
5 Year Roadmap
Division of Adult Parole Operations
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Parole/road_map/index.html
Non-Revocable Parole
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Parole/Non_Revocable_Parole/index.html
Parolee Online Handbook
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Parole/Parolee_Handbook/Index.html
Committee 6: Re-entry
Learn About Reentry
U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/reentry/learn.html
“Navigating the Post-Prison Bureaucracy.”
by Rina Palta, March 3, 2011.
The Informant: Cops, courts and communities in the Bay Area.
http://informant.kalwnews.org/2011/03/navigating-the-post-prison-bureaucracy/
Reentry Trends in the U.S.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/reentry/reentry.cfm
National Reentry Resource Center
http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/about
State of the Bureau 2009, pp. 30-31
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
http://www.bop.gov/news/PDFs/sob09.pdf
Committee 7: Recidivism
“Who’s Going Back to Prison (again and again)”
by Rina Palta, November 2, 2010
The Informant: Cops, courts and communities in the Bay Area.
http://informant.kalwnews.org/2010/11/whos-going-back-to-prison-again-and-again/#more-3193
Recidivism
Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=17
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2007
Statistical tables
pp. 7-8
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/ppus07st.pdf
State of Recidivism: The Revolving Door of America’s Prisons.
Pew Center on the States: Public Safety Performance Project
April 2011
http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/sentencing_and_corrections/State_Recidivism_Revolving_Door_America_Prisons%20.pdf
Recidivism: The Effects of Incarceration and Length of Time Served.
Washington State Institute for Public Policy.
September 1993.
Activity 1D: Learning the Basics
Opportunities for Integration
PBS NewsHour math activity and extension ideas:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/math/incarceration_8-27.html