Places you in a hypothetical scenario in which you (as a policy analyst) have been requested to review and propose a modification to policy in corrections.

• where the work as a policy analyst has been requested to address administrators for local jails, the department of corrections, and a federal correctional facility.

• Support the policy examination and recommendation for any changes to corrections policy with data and communicate this content through a presentation.
• Because of the public interest in corrections policies, there will also be state legislators, prosecutors, public defenders, and judges in attendance, along with community members and interest groups advocating for social justice.
• Interest groups attending are advocating for reductions in incarceration and for more expansion of community corrections.
• Other interest groups are calling for policies that address conditions in jails and prisons.

Must Include:

• Analyze two theories for punishment and how each theory could apply to policy in corrections.
• Explain organization and purposes for local jails, a state department of corrections, and a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility.
• Examine federal, state, and local interests in the process for policy in corrections and one ruling (in the past 15 years) by the U.S. Supreme Court on a corrections issue.
• Explain one type of analysis for policy evaluation discussed by Peters (2021) and how a corrections policy affects social justice and the criminal justice system.
• Construct a revision to a public policy that addresses an issue in corrections.

References:

• Otu, N. (Ed.). (2021).Criminal justice policy issues. Cognella Academic Publishing
• Peters, B. G. (2021).Advanced introduction to public policy(2nd ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing. and
• At least three scholarly or credible sources

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