Michigan spends this amount per year on prison costs alone.
What is 2 Billion Dollars
100
This country has more people incarcerated than any other country in the world.
What is The United States of America
100
Impairment of integrity, virtue, or morale principle
What is Corruption
100
1/3 of all incidents in jail or prison are caused by this
What is gang related activity
100
This is a major problem in prison that isn't found in Mr. Boudrot's classroom.
What is Overcrowding
200
$78.95
What is the cost per day to house a prisoner in the State of Michigan?
200
This is the single greatest multiplying factor behind the monumental increase of U.S. prison populations in the last 20 years.
What is long prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders.
200
Over 400 former and current female inmates filed a class action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections. The settlement totaled
What is just over 100 Million dollars.
200
Gang related activity accounts for this percentage of deaths in prison
What is over 75%
200
Giving an exclusively essay quiz in every class period.
What is Cruel and unusual punishment
300
This is what it costs the State of Michigan to house a parolee per day.
What is $7.47
300
There are so many people incarcerated in the U.S. that in 1975, it cost the individual taxpayer $200 to cover his/her part of the criminal justice budget. By the year 2000, the annual cost had risen to this number.
What is $1,200 per taxpayer.
300
A member of the house committee for this prison presided over the group that purchased the land for the prison site. (which he happened to own and made a very large profit)
What is The Jackson Prison
300
Gang activity in prison has increased from 9.4% in 1991 to what percent in 1999
What is 24.7%
300
If I'm late for class, I'm probably dead.
What is Professor Boudrot's only excuse for being late.
400
This is the amount of money the State of Michigan could save if they lessoned punishments for non-violent offenders.
What is over 92 Million dollars per year.
400
2/3 of prisoners will eventually do this.
What is reoffend.
400
This Genesee County Corrections Officer was arrested and charged with 14 felonies for smuggling drugs into the Genesee County Jail.
Who is Amy Gatica
400
This is the main reason for overcrowding in U.S. prisons
What is the war on drugs
400
Supreme Court Justices and Professor Boudrot have this in common.
What is Lifetime Employment
500
This is the percentage of the general fund budget that the State of Michigan spends on prisons each year.
What is 20%
500
1 in 31 adults in the U.S., or 3.2%, are already in some form of this.
What is Correctional control
500
Stricter search policies, elimination of male officers in female dorms, and limitations on female officers monitoring male inmates.
What are policies that the M.D.O.C. have instituted to regulate corruption.
500
The number one reason inmates get involved in prison gangs.
What is Protection
500
Ringing cell phones, gum chewing, and tardiness are forms of this.
What is non-violent crimes with manditory minimum sentencing.