In this week's assignment:

• 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