Prisons & Jails : Lesson 11

During Lesson 11, students will learn about the models and types of prisons and prison systems and what may have causes the prison population to grow dramatically over the decades (and the consequences of high incarceration rates). Student will be able to explain about prison governance and the formal prison management system as well as why private prisons can be run more cheaply than public ones. Finally, they will learn the differences between jails and prisons and how jails are administered.