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The Future of Corrections
Video Link:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/08/prison-overcrowding_n_4235691.html

This video discusses potential criminal justice reform efforts, including releasing elderly inmates.

1. What avenues for criminal justice reform suggest and what would there effects be?
2. How could releasing elderly inmates impact the future of corrections?

The Future of Corrections
Web Link:  https://www.bja.gov/evaluation/program-corrections/reentry1.htm

This Bureau of Justice Assistance website offers information about reentry programs within the Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement.

1. What reentry information is available on this website?
2. Why are evaluations and performance measurement of reentry programs important for reentry programs?

Privatization in Corrections
Audio Link:  http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=131191523&m=131191518

This NPR report discusses how private prison companies lobbied for a controversial immigration bill in Arizona.

1. What is the controversial legislation described in this story?
2. How and why did private prison companies lobby for this policy, and how and why did policymakers work with private prison companies?
3. While privatization might offer benefits for state budgets, what concerns exist surrounding the privatization of corrections, including the ways in which private prison companies can lobby policymakers and law enforcement officials?