• Select a country outside of the United States and research its correctional system.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in APA format comparing the American correctional system with that of a foreign country.
o Compare the correctional system of the foreign country you chose with the American correctional system in terms of the following:
• Type of system and institutions
• Management
• Population and privatization
• Security levels, if applicable
• Prison life
• Viewpoint on rehabilitation and programs, if any
• One type of parole system
• View on probation and community corrections
• An important reformation-type amendment that significantly changed the rights of the prisoners, similar to the Eighth Amendment or Section 1983 reform
o Discuss your opinion of the foreign country's correctional system as compared to that of the United States.
• Decide the more effective correctional system, the foreign country's system or the United States' system.
• Explain your rationale.
• Explain your thoughts on whether any aspects of the United States' correctional system should be adopted or perhaps changed to reflect aspects of the foreign country's correctional system.