Improving Corrections Facilities

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  • Go to the Department of Corrections’ website for your state (Georgia), and research two of your state’s correctional facilities.
  • Next, use the Internet to research the budgetary constraints that correctional officials must adhere to in order to operate correctional facilities.  

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Improving Corrections Facilities • • Go to the Department of Corrections’ website for your state (Georgia), and research two of your state’s correctional facilities. Next, use the Internet to research the budgetary constraints that correctional officials must adhere to in order to operate correctional facilities. Write a 3-to 5-page paper in which you: • • • • • Identify and discuss at least two diversion programs and determine whether the diversion programs are only beneficial to offenders charged with misdemeanors and non-violent felonies or whether they are also beneficial to offenders charged with felonies and violent crimes. Discuss whether or not the two correctional facilities that you researched would benefit from diversion programs. Provide a rationale for your response. Discuss the pros and cons of privatized correctional facilities and discuss whether or not privatized correctional facilities are better alternatives for reaching the goal of preparing inmates for reentry into society. Support your position with one example from within the last three years to support your position of the better correctional facility alternative. Correctional officials are tasked with maintaining public safety with reduced resources while maintaining effective operations. The targets of cost reductions typically include the following: staffing, inmate medical and mental health services, and inmate/offender supervision. With this in mind, recommend a cost reduction strategy to reduce cost while maintaining public safety and effective operations (i.e. targeted reductions, business practice changes, the use of new technology, reduction in inmate population, or community supervision). Provide a rationale for your response. Use at least four peer-reviewed sources. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
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Improving Corrections Facilities

Diversion programs are designed to help first-time offenders prevent their cases from going to
trial. This makes sure that they do not have a criminal record or even avoid serving time in
prison. In Georgia, there are a number of Diversion programs. The concept for each diversion
program is the same with the difference being in the sentencing. Each larger county or city tend
to have their own alternatives for sentencing. Some of the diversion programs are the Cobb
County Georgia pretrial diversion and The Fulton County pretrial diversion. Depending on the
crime one might be required to perform community service, submit to random drug tests, paying
fines, or drug treatment. Individuals that can apply are those that face misdemeanour or felony
charges. Most of the felony charges that qualify are those that involve first-time possession of
drugs. In order to qualify one needs to have no prior criminal record and be at least 17 years old.
Some of the cases that easily qualify for the programs include shoplifting, simple assault,
disorderly conduct, and domestic violence.

Through diversion programs, alternatives to prosecuting offender...


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