1. Jails
Chapter Four

2. Role of Jails

3. Jails and Misdemeanants

4. Jails and Misdemeanants (continued)

5. Jail Populations
From 1990 to 2001, the number of jail inmates per 100,000 U.S. residents rose from 163 to 222.

6. Jails and Misdemeanants
The female prison population has almost doubled since 1990.

7. Jails

8. Role of Jails

9. The Characteristics of Jail Populations

10. Overcrowding
Due to prison litigation in the 1970’s and 1980’s, jails became the dumping grounds, and jails which were mainly temporary facilities for serious offenders and a place to sentence drunks and misdemeanors, have become a place were we have serious violent offenders.

11. How to Deal with Overcrowding
There are several programs:

12. What Are Jails

13. Female Inmates

14. Jail Procedures
The basic operating procedures of jails can generally be divided into 5 categories:

15. Growth of Jail Populations

16. Jail Suicides

17. Risk Factors

18. New Generation Jails