• What was the hands-off doctrine, and how were prisons run during this era?

• Identify and discuss legal liabilities associated with correctional staff.

• How would you describe the current relationship between corrections and judicial oversight? Is it now balanced, or are prisons systems still under close scrutiny?

• Compare and contrast state tort cases and federal Section 1983 cases.

• Discuss injunctions and consent decrees. What is the purpose of each when leveled against a correctional system?

• Compare issues for large metropolitan jails to those for small rural jails.

• What is booking, and why is this area of the jail so important?

• Discuss the dynamics of suicide within the jail facility.

• How have communicable diseases impacted jail operations during recent years?

• How can a first-time jail experience result in labeling a person and thereby potentially increasing his or her likelihood of continuing in a life of crime?