Week $8$: Chapter $23$ You Decide Part I $-$ Choose Your Path: Five Correctional Dilemmas

methods, structure, personnel, and costs. The authors of your text offer a subjective interpretation of facts, studies, and observations related to these dilemmas.

The board of corrections in your state consists of seven members appointed by the governor. The purpose of the board is to make recommendations to the governor concerning budget, facility locations, types of facilities, leadership, and administration for the department of corrections. The agenda this year has focused on correctional dilemmas faced by the state. The board has been charged with making recommendations to the governor about possible solutions to these dilemmas.

Let's review a few concepts before you make a decision about this sc$$nario$.$

Which statement best summarizes what the text says about the mission of corrections in general?

The mission of corrections is punishment.

The general mission of corrections is determined by the public.

Corrections lacks a clear mission.

The mission of corrections is rehabilitation.