Police lockups can hold persons for periods for up to one week.

The Bail Reform Act of 1984 overturned the 1976 Supreme Court case of Burton v. South Carolina, which required that no defendant be kept in pretrial detention simply because he or she could not afford financial bail, and reinstated pretrial detention for indigent offenders.

What policy promotes sentencing repeat offenders to long prison terms while granting first-time and nonviolent offenders shorter, more lenient sentences?

Some research does exist that inmates released from private prisons who reoffend commit less serious offenses than those released from public institutions.

What takes place when an offender is referred to a program and the completion of this program will enable him or her to avoid criminal prosecution?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of supermax prisons?

The review process can take 10 or more years from conviction to execution.

Many studies have shown the recidivism rate of sex offenders to be relatively low, especially when compared to the recidivism rates of other types of offenders.

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.