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Chapter Nine Discussion Questions
Chapter 9: Corrections in America: A Portrait of Color
What is your position on allowing correctional inmates access to college courses while in prison? How about access to financial aid for college after the sentence is complete? Think of the cost of prison as about $30,000 a year and consider how education can lead to rehabilitation.
In what ways is the indigenous justice paradigm in conflict with the principles of the traditional, adversarial American criminal justice system? In what ways do the principles of Native American justice complement more mainstream correctional initiatives? Are these values more compatible with some offenses than others? More appropriate for some types of offenders than others?
Learn more about the larger issue of radicalization of homegrown jihadist terrorist groups by exploring the content of the U.S. Violent Rehabilitation and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act 2007 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/1955/text). Is this concern about prison inmates still relevant today? What research would you propose to more fully explore this issue in the wake of the newest international terrorist trends?
Should post-prison reintegration programs be race neutral? Were the factors that lead to offending and incarceration race neutral? In what ways should issues of race and ethnicity be considered when creating policies to facilitate inmate readjustment to society upon release?
Some cities are exploring paying criminals not to reoffend. Explore Richmond, California, and Washington, DC, as examples.
Do you think prison gang formation is influenced mostly by external forces and the gang affiliation offenders bring to prison from the street or by the internal forces of the prison environment, such as racial composition? What arguments can you offer to support your position?
