Core Concepts of U.S. Correctional Theory and Practice

http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=1
Statistics about corrections in the United States, including information about institutions and community corrections.

https://www.bop.gov/about/agency/org_nic.jsp
Explore resources related to current correctional programs at the National Institute of Corrections.

http://www.prisonexp.org/
Website of the controversial 1971 Stanford prison experiment, in which college students played the roles of inmates and guards within a simulated prison; the study explored the nature of prisonization and the dynamics of prison settings.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/0001/01/01/state-of-recidivism
Read the PEW report on the State of Recidivism.

http://www.shakespearebehindbars.org/
Learn about a program where inmates perform Shakespeare to bring about rehabilitation.

http://www.sentencingproject.org/doc/publications/fd_Felony%20Disenfranchisement%20Laws%20in%20the%20US.pdf
An overview of felony disenfranchisement laws.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/locked-up-in-america/
View Frontline documentaries about incarceration in America.

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