Concepts of prisons-reformatories and jails/ Biology
Today, nearly everyone is familiar with the concepts of prisons, reformatories, and jails. Institutional corrections have become so commonplace in the United States that many people take their existence for granted. Residential institutions, however, are a fairly recent historical phenomenon. Read about the origins of prisons at:
http://www.howardleague.org/index.php?id=31 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
After you have looked over this site, answer the questions below:
