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JUVENILE AND ADULT CORRECTIONAL DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES AND PAROLING AUTHORITIES - UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 1979 ED.

NCJ Number
54669
Author(s)
D N TRAVISONO
Date Published
1979
Length
260 pages
Annotation
THIS DIRECTORY PROVIDES BOTH GENERAL INFORMATION AND SPECIFIC LISTINGS FOR JUVENILE AND ADULT CORRECTIONAL DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES, AND PAROLING AUTHORITIES IN THE U.S. AND CANADA.
Abstract
THE ORGANIZATION OF CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS FOR EACH LOCALITY IS DESCRIBED, ALONG WITH THE STRUCTURE OF SERVICES SUPPLIED AT THE FEDERAL, THE FOLLOWING: (1) CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROBATION STATE, AND PROVINCIAL LEVELS BY THE FOLLOWING: (1) CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND PROBATION AND PAROLE SERVICES WITHIN THE U.S. AND ITS TERRITORIES; (2) THE U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS, THE U.S. PAROLE COMMISSION, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE U.S. COURTS; (3) STATE PLANNING AGENCIES; (4) MILITARY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE U.S. ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS; AND (5) THE CANADIAN PENITENTIARY SERVICE, THE CANADIAN NATIONAL PAROLE BOARD, AND PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ALBERTA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MANITOBA, NEWFOUNDLAND, NEW BRUNSWICK, THE NORTH WEST TERRITORIES, NOVA SCOTIA, ONTARIO, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, QUEBEC, SASKATCHEWAN, AND THE YUKON. INFORMATION ON THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION IS PROVIDED, IN ADDITION TO STATISTICAL SUMMARIES OF PERSONNEL, FISCAL, AND INMATE AND CLIENT POPULATION DATA AND THE RESULTS OF A DEATH SENTENCE SURVEY. THE HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY AT PHILADELPHIA IS ALSO REVIEWED. (KBL)

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