Milton Public Library

Daily prison life

eng

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non fiction

Daily prison life

electronic resource

dictionaries

Crime and detection

The U.S. prison system is the largest and most innovative in the world. It boasts some of the most technologically advanced prisons in existence, meeting the highest standards in security. Inside these vast, specialized structures, containing thousands of inmates, highly trained corrections officers use technology to anticipate outbreaks of violence and to prevent riots and escape attempts. The tightly regulated prison system relies on many professionals. Counselors, drug rehabilitation staff, medical personnel, and kitchen workers are among the committed prison employees who daily face some of the world's most hardened criminals. In addition to incarceration and rehabilitation, America's prisons also serve as crime-prevention centers teaching offenders new trades and offering them the chance to learn life skills

juvenile