Assignment:
The chapter points out that support for sentencing and corrections reform is strong across geographical regions, age, gender and from all political perspectives (it is more polarized around race). Discuss why you think these issues of sentencing and corrections reform have such widespread support. Why might change still be difficult to achieve despite that support?
What were three arguments favoring separate prison facilities for women in the nineteenth century? Alternatively, what were three arguments against separate prison facilities for women in the nineteenth century?
Why does the United States have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world?