The number of death sentences carried out has declined by more than half since the 1990s.​

Opponents of the death penalty argue that only         has the right to take a life.​

​The original penitentiary relied on penance and contemplation as the means for the criminal offender to move from sin toward perfection.

At the end of 2002, most prisons were operating: ​

​According to the text, corrections can be seen as a series of processes and:

​In Section 1983 lawsuits filed by inmates, correctional employees may be sued as individuals in their personal capacity, as opposed to their official capacity as a state employee. 

To “do something” about crime, government leaders have enacted:​

​The “congregate” system of prison discipline was first instituted at the:

Supporters of incarceration believe that current policies have ____________ in lowering the crime rate.​

​Prisoners have always had constitutional rights.