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Any inquiry into the origin of prisons requires students to include an overview of the
correctional eras in the United States, beginning with the origin of the Walnut Street Jail in
Philadelphia in 1790 and through the crime control era of today. It is necessary that you
examine the organization of corrections and include the changes in the external society that led
to the policy changes in corrections and correctional philosophy. You will assess the purpose,
implementation, and effectiveness of corrections, including the major reasons for the
movement toward prisonization starting in the 1960s and the evolution to today's current
corrections practices.
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