Use the text and internet to find and read “Current and Future Issues in Corrections” Using Text Corrections an Introduction by Richard P. SeiterUse the internet to find information about The Growth of Imprisonment in California (Links to an external site.).Please email your instructor answering a minimum of 4 of the following questions, be sure to include references:1. Describe the trend regarding the size of the correctional population over the past twenty years.2. Specify the changing trend over the past two to three years.3. Identify the forces that have caused an increase in the prison population.4. Compare the growth of the states to the federal prison systems.5. Analyze the growth trends in jail populations.6. List the reasons that the growth of incarcerated populations has slowed over the past few years.7. Discuss the involvement of politics on correctional policy over the past twenty years.8. Describe the public’s attitude regarding correctional sanctions and treatment programs.9. List and describe four approaches used by correctional agencies to reduce their overall cost of operations.
