Other Public Correctional System
How many inmates were in military prisons in 2016?
1,338 inmates.
How many immigration detainees does the U.S. hold besides state and federal prisoners?
About 34,000 immigration detainees.
When did private involvement in corrections begin?
In the 1960s, with privately run halfway houses.
How many privately operated secure prisons were active by 2005?
107 private prisions
What is the traditional meal for thanksgiving?
Turkey
What fraction of its detention facilities does ICE operate directly?
Only about one-third.
Why does ICE detain people?
They detain people who are awaiting hearings or deportation.
By the 1980s, what kinds of facilities were commonly privately operated?
Most states used private halfway houses, and about 65% of juvenile facilities were privately operated.
Which three companies dominate the private prison industry?
CoreCivic, The GEO Group, and Management Training Corporation (MTC).
How tall is Elizabeth?
5'8
Why did ICE detainee numbers stay high even though removals dropped from 2013 to 2015?
Because many detainees were held due to criminal arrests.
What are three common reasons individuals end up in ICE detention?
Illegal entry, criminal arrests while undocumented, or ICE raids.
What were some concerns about private for-profit adult prisons? They raised ethical and practical concerns.
They raised ethical and practical concerns.
Why do many states continue relying on private prisons?
Because they haven’t built enough new prison facilities, so they lack space to house all inmates.
How many chairs are in the classroom?
30 chairs
What types of cases made up most of the 235,000 cases ICE handled in 2015?
Mostly border arrests and convicted criminals in the interior.
Why have ICE detainee numbers increased in recent years?
Due to stronger enforcement at the border.
What factors led to the opening of the first private adult prison in 1984?
Prison overcrowding, state budget problems, and Reagan-era support for privatization.
Which agencies or jurisdictions beyond states use private prisons?
Federal agencies, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, ICE, and Washington D.C.
Who is the best law academy teacher?
Mr. V
Compare the trends in military and territorial prison populations by 2016.
Military prisons declined 40% since 2000 (1,338 inmates in 2016), and territorial prisons also declined, with 12,266 inmates mostly in Puerto Rico.
How did ICE’s priorities change under the late Obama administration?
ICE shifted to focusing more on removing convicted felons rather than noncriminal immigrants.
How did the use of private prisons change from the 1990s through 2016?
It grew throughout the 1990s, peaked around 2012, and then declined to about 128,000 inmates by 2016.
How do the origins of CoreCivic, GEO Group, and MTC differ?
CoreCivic opened the first for-profit prison, GEO Group grew into an international corrections, and MTC started as a job-training before corrections.
What color shirt is the Lazaro "the dummy in the corner" wearing
Blue