The Federal Bureau of Prisons accepts hard-to-control inmates from state prisons.

True diversion takes place when an offender is referred to a program, and the completion of which will enable him or her to avoid criminal prosecution.

An “integrated yard” policy, such as that utilized by Cocorcan State Prison in California, was:

The team that carries out the official act of putting an inmate to death is called the:

Police officers are only allowed to use discretion with adult offenders.

Half of all detainees being held in jail are misdemeanants who could not make bail.

Who is responsible for establishing that mitigating factors exist that should cause the jury to bring in a punishment recommendation other than death?

The U.S. Supreme Court decision that later followed Furman v. Georgia and declared the death penalty constitutional if and only if certain conditions are met was

The number of elderly jail inmates during the last decade has:

The case of Pulley v. California mandated that at least 10 percent of the jury hearing a death penalty case must be similar in race or gender to the defendant.