​The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania now houses more prisoners than any other state in the country.

The United States incarcerates its people at approximately the same rate as other countries.​

​ Large corrections systems damage families and communities, and increase racial inequality.

Given current public attitudes toward crime and punishment, it is likely that incarceration rates will remain high.​

​The Pennsylvania System focused on the isolation of inmates and serving penance.

​The medical model of corrections began to be implemented during the:

​Corrections has a non-reciprocal relationship with its environment (i.e., society).

​Programs that fail to follow the “five principles of effective programs” often make recidivism rates increase.

The ___________ strategy for dealing with prison overcrowding advocates building new facilities.​

What region within the United States has the lowest incarceration rate?​