Alternatives to jail and prison currently available can include:

Although courts with juvenile jurisdiction handle a variety of cases, including abuse, neglect, adoption, and traffic violations, the Juvenile Court Statistics series focuses on the disposition of delinquency cases and formally pro- cessed status offense cases.

Most juvenile courts have jurisdiction over criminal delinquency, abuse and neglect, and status offense delinquency cases.

• fines.
• restitution.
• community service.
• probation.
• house arrest.
• inpatient drug/alcohol rehabilitation.
• inpatient psychiatric treatment, and.
• work release.

Most incarcerated juvenile offenders are held for status offenses. Juveniles held in adult prisons and jails are five times more likely to be victims of attempted sexual assaults and rapes that those in juvenile facilities. Incarceration in a public facility is the most common formal sentence for juvenile offenders.

Eventually, overcrowding made the silence system unenforceable, and Auburn’s system of discipline deteriorated into corrupt and lax routines of harsh punishment. Despite the demise of the “ideal” system, Auburn remained the model for nearly a century, primarily because it had been inexpensive to construct and maintain.

Pressure faced by administrators of local jails: Perceived role of jail in local criminal justice, characteristics of inmates in prison, and fiscal problems are the most significant problems amongst them.

One study asked jail administrators to identify a few of their top challenges. Some of these challenges included recruiting, hiring and retaining quality employees; providing sufficient medical and mental health care to inmates; lacking sufficient technology and funding; and controlling overcrowding.

In an institution, as the administrative head of a large institution program division or organizational unit having primary custodial responsibility for a major area; plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates a correctional program consisting of custody and other program areas such as classification, appeals, business …

But today, correctional administrators, particularly those running prisons and jails, are grappling with severe workforce challenges that directly impact mission performance. Those challenges include staff recruitment, selection and retention, training and agency succession planning.