Legal Aspects of Corrections Management

An essential resource for wardens, sheriffs, and other managers in correctional facilities, this book covers all facets of the legal environment of prison and jail administration in clear, non—technical fashion. It presents legal aspects in a format that is created with the corrections practitioner in mind and begins with general discussions of what the law is and in what areas it interfaces with corrections. Most of the book is a detailed presentation of what the law has said about specifi...