[Name] [Instructor] [Course] [Date] History of united States Prison Introduction Prisons in the United States are operated by the HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Federal_government_of_the_United_States “\o “Federal government of the United States ” Federal government , as well as by each of the HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /U .S ._state ” \o “U .S . state ” state governments . HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Incarceration ” \o “Incarceration ” Incarceration is one of the main forms of HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Punishment ” \o “Punishment ” punishment for the commission of HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Felony “\o “Felony ” felony HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Offense “\o “Offense ” offenses in the HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /United_States ” \o “United States ” United States . Less serious offenders , including those convicted of HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Misdemeanor ” \o “Misdemeanor “misdemeanor offenses , may be sentenced to a short term in a local HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Jail ” \o “Jail ” jail or with alternative forms of HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Sanction “\o “Sanction ” sanctions such as community corrections (e .g .HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Halfway_house ” \o “Halfway house ” halfway house , HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Probation ” \o “Probation ” probation ,and /or HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Restitution ” \o “Restitution ” restitution . In the United States , prisons are operated at various levels of security , ranging from minimum-security prisons that mainly house non-violent offenders to HYPERLINK “http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Supermax ” \o “Supermax ” Supermax facilities that house well-known criminals and terrorists (Wikipedia Encyclopedia , 2006 ) Parole of federal prisoners began after enactment of legislation on June 25 , 1910 . There were three federal penitentiaries and parole was granted by a parole board at each institution . The membership of each parole board consisted of the warden of the institution , the physician of the institution , and the Superintendent of Prisons of the Department of Justice in Washington , D .C . This term paper will explore the history of United States Prison and its recidivism rates the reoccurrence of criminal behavior by offenders after intervention by the criminal justice system . The theory of rehabilitation that applies the Freudian principles . The types of prisons that include minimum security , low security , medium security ,high security , correctional complexes , administrative , satellite camps and satellite low security . Lastly , the prisoner ‘s rights included are prisoner reentry , prison litigation , prison health care , strip searching , right to vote for ex-felons , parolees and prisons , phone service behind bars , prison and the mentally ill and parole .History Excerpted from the United States Parole Commission by commissioners Edward F . Reilly , Jr . Cranston J . Mitchell John R . Simpson and was reported by Peter Hoffman (19 )Date and Event 1902 A general revision of the good-time credit statute was made ,placing all federal prisoners , wherever confined , on an equal basis . In addition , a prisoner in a camp or employed in prison industry could earn an additional three days per month in the first year and five days per month in each succeeding year . [AGSRP] The…