​Money or other compensation is awarded to a plaintiff in a civil action when the person sued has:

​The reformatory movement emphasized education and __________________ , and on the basis of an inmate’s successful participation in both could conceivably earn him/her early release.

​______________________ has been credited with creating the mark system of graduated confinement in England, which called for an inmate to obtain marks toward early release.

​ The courts of each state are empowered to declare correctional conditions and practices in violation of either the state or federal constitution.

The U.S. prison population continues to be the highest in the developed world.​

​The country that gave the world its first penitentiary is:

​The penitentiary was to be a place where:

​ A(n) __________ is a public official with full authority to investigate citizens’ complaints against government officials.

It is said that states with higher violent crime rates have lower levels of imprisonment.​

​A writ of habeas corpus requests an examination of the legality of: