Imagine you are a criminal justice professional who has been asked to create a historical perspective paper to be included in testimony before congress/state legislature in a bid to gain funding for new facilities and programming. The emphasis is on comparing jails and prisons at all levels (federal, state, and local). 

Preparation

Listen to the Week 2 Summative Assessment Guide to better understand the context and significance of this assessment. (POSTED IN DOCUMENT UPLOAD)

Assessment Deliverable

Write a 350- to 700-word historical perspective paper on the evolution on American jails and prisons. Address the following in your paper:  

• Briefly summarize the historical evolution of American jails (detention centers) and state/federal prisons. 
• Describe which agency administers your local jail (SPALDING COUNTY JAIL IN GRIFFIN, GEORGIA), noting whether it is a county agency or a city/town agency. Identify if your county or city/town also runs a detention center. 
• Identify the different security levels in the prisons in your state. Explain how those levels differ from the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ security levels.  
• Explain why a federal maximum security level facility may be more effective than a state penitentiary in handling dangerous offenders. Hint: Focus on the total inmate population at the federal facility and your selected state penitentiary as well as the prison staff qualifications and training. 

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references in addition to the specific chapter(s) or page(s) from your textbook.

Format your citations and references according to APA guidelines.