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Corrections in the US
Fines, Prisons, and Parole
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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 4
04/17/2013

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agricultural prison
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amnesty
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classification process
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community work order
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commutation
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discretionary release
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executive clemency
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federal prisoner rehabilitation act
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fee system
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fees charged to state and federal prison systems to house inmates in local jails
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fine
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offered as an alternative to a period of confinement
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furlough
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holdback jail inmates
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inmates held in jail awaiting transportation to a federal or state prison
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industrial prison
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any penal institution
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institutional needs
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jail
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houses those waiting for trial, waiting transport to state or federal prison, and those convicted of crime serving less than one year
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mandatory release
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max out
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morrissey v. brewer
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new generation jail
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designed for maximum interaction between staff and inmates
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parole
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podular & direct supervisiom
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rounded architecture, inmates have interaction with staff and other inmates through day rooms and common areas, reduces suicide and cost
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pretrial release
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includes electronic monitoring, supervision, treatment programs, house arrest, etc.
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prevention
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price tag justice
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term used by inmates to refer to fines imposed as a result of a criminal conviction
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prison
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punishment
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rehabilitation
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reprieve
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restorative justice
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security threat group
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super-max prison
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unconditional release
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weekend confinement
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used to lessen the negative impacts of short-term incarceration and allow offenders to retain employment
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weekender
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a jail inmate who is allowed to live at home during the week (usually to work) and who must report to jail to serve his or her sentence on weekends
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work camp
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