Going to Jail Sucks (And It Really Doesn’t Matter Who You Ask)

May, David C.; Applegäte, Brandon K.; Ruddell, Rick; Wood, Peter H.

doi:10.1007/s12103-013-9215-5

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“…in 2016, an increase of over 300 percent (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2018). Such trends have sparked a growing interest in local jails as a critical site of analysis for the study of criminal incarceration in the United States (May et al 2014;Wildeman et al 2018;Turney and Conner 2019). Local jails, however, also provide a unique window into the world of immigration detention-a vast civil confinement system facing mounting public scrutiny and litigation over due process violations and human rights abuses (see e.g., Office of Inspector General 2017).…”

Section: Jailing Immigrant Detainees: a National Study Of County Partmentioning

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Jailing Immigrant Detainees: A National Study of County Participation in Immigration Detention, 1983-2013

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Peacock

2019

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Hundreds of county jails are involved in detaining immigrants facing removal proceedings, a civil process. In exchange, local jails receive per diem payments from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Immigration detention thus presents a striking case of commodification of penal institutions for civil confinement purposes. Yet we know very little about the counties participating in this arrangement and the predictors of their participation over time. Our study offers the first systematic analysis of immigration detention in county jails using new and comprehensive panel data on jails across the United States. First, we find that the number of counties confining immigrant detainees steadily increased between 1983 and 2013, with the largest growth concentrated in small to medium sized, rural, and Republican counties located in the South. Second, our regression analyses point to a number of significant predictors of county participation in immigration detention: (a) worsening labor market conditions, combined with growing excess bed space for the criminal inmate population, (b) an increasing Latino population up to a certain threshold level, and (c) increasing Republican Party strength. These findings have important implications for current debates raging across the United States about the proper role of local communities in detaining immigrants.

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Section: Jailing Immigrant Detainees: a National Study Of County Partmentioning

confidence: 99%

Jailing Immigrant Detainees: A National Study of County Participation in Immigration Detention, 1983-2013

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Peacock

2019

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“…Using a sample of probationers and parolees, Wodahl and colleagues (2015) concluded that experiencing a jail sanction in response to a violation did not improve or harm a person's recidivism-based outcomes. Although they discussed that jail sanctions are sometimes necessary, the authors recommended against the widespread use of jail as a means of compliance due to its deleterious effects and high costs (see May, Applegate, Ruddell, & Wood, 2014;Piquero, 2010).…”

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“…Due to the inconsistent findings regarding jail sanctions, researchers regularly turn to the negative consequences of jail sentences as a means of recommending against their use. Probationers and parolees think of jail as a particularly punitive type of sanction that goes far beyond a more 'standard,' community-based sanction (May et al, 2014; see communitybased alternatives emphasized by (Steiner and colleagues [2012]). Imposing a jail sanction for parolees also carries a particularly negative effect because it could jeopardize their employment (Grogger, 1995) which, in turn, can increase the chance of revocation due to not having a job (see Bushway, Stoll, & Weiman, 2007;Western, Kling, & Weiman, 2001).…”

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Assessing the within-person impact of social/behavioral programs, increased supervision, and jail time on polysubstance use during reentry

2017

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The process of leaving prison, known as reentry, presents a host of challenges to returning individuals. Research documents that substance use is a pressing issue and widespread among the correctional population. A variety of strategies and programs have been used to promote the desistance from substance use; notably, the use of social/behavioral programs, increased supervision, and jail time. Yet, existing research investigating the respective effects of te strategies in relation to one another is relatively underdeveloped. This issue becomes more salient when considering the extent to which supervision models can impact the outcomes and future prospects associated with reentry. Therefore, this study uses four waves of data from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) to examine the impact of social/behavioral programming, increased supervision, and jail sanctions on polysubstance use during reentry. Further, we use a series of interaction terms to explore any conditioning effects between approaches on substance use across time. Results from longitudinal crossed-lagged dynamic panel models reveal that social/ behavioral programs contribute to within-person decreases in polysubstance use across time while enhanced monitoring and jail-time contribute to within-person increases in polysubstance use. Interactions indicate these programs exert independent, and not interactive, effects on polysubstance use post-release.

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“…Males, Blacks, older prisoners, and offenders who have been previously incarcerated do not view prison as severe as females, Whites, younger prisoners, and offenders with no history of incarceration, respectively. These researchers have also determined that a number of inmates prefer to serve their sentence in prison until they are unconditionally released instead of taking part in alternative sanctions (Applegate, 2014;Crouch, 1993;Flory, May, Minor, & Wood, 2006;Frana & Schroeder, 2008;May, Applegate, Ruddell, & Wood, 2014;May, Minor, Wood, & Mooney, 2004;May, Wood, Mooney, & Minor, 2005;Milburn, May, & Wood, 2014;Moore, May, & Wood, 2008;Petersilia & Deschenes, 1994a, 1994bSpelman, 1995;Williams, May, & Wood, 2008;Wood & Grasmick, 1999;Wood & May, 2003;Wood, May, & Grasmick, 2005). Explanations for why each specific group perceives prison as less onerous than alternatives vary (May & Wood, 2010), but the results nonetheless are in direct conflict with the traditional continuum of sanctions with probation at the lenient end and prison at the punitive end (Morris & Tonry, 1990).…”

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Does Military Service Make the Experience of Prison Less Painful? Voices From Incarcerated Veterans

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Stives

Wells

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Criminal Justice Policy Review

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There are more than 100,000 military veterans incarcerated in prisons throughout the United States. Nevertheless, almost nothing is known about these veterans or their incarceration experiences. In this article, we present results from a survey of more than 1,100 inmates in a large state correctional system to determine how inmates who are military veterans compare with inmates who have not served in the military in terms of their willingness to serve alternative sanctions to avoid imprisonment. The data reveal that, with the exception of military service, inmates who are military veterans are significantly less likely than their counterparts who have not served in the military to accept a variety of community sanctions over prison. In addition, Black inmates who have not served in the military are somewhat different than White inmates who have served in the military in those choices. Implications of these findings for future research are discussed. Keywords prison, criminal justice policy, crime control policyFor decades, military service has been viewed as a route through which individuals could improve their life circumstances while serving their country. The military offers stability, training, monetary incentives, and a number of other benefits to those individuals who choose to serve. Service in the military has provided a number of

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Going to Jail Sucks (And It Really Doesn’t Matter Who You Ask)

Cited by 34 publications

References 12 publications

Jailing Immigrant Detainees: A National Study of County Participation in Immigration Detention, 1983-2013

Jailing Immigrant Detainees: A National Study of County Participation in Immigration Detention, 1983-2013

Assessing the within-person impact of social/behavioral programs, increased supervision, and jail time on polysubstance use during reentry

Does Military Service Make the Experience of Prison Less Painful? Voices From Incarcerated Veterans

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