Utilize the R.A.C.E. Writing Strategy when responding to thisassignment.

1. According to Goffman, prisons operate on two levels: formal and informal. Discuss the effects of these two competing levels of institutional operation in regard to potential prisoners' litigation.

2. Discuss the connection between politics and jail administration. How does local politics can affect jail administration?

3. Discuss the importance of the Bell v. Wolfish U.S. Supreme Court case and how it is relevant to the dire conditions of many American jails.