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melina_rosy

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Today's prison population being larger and more diverse than it was in the past is due to what?
 
  A) the incarceration of many property and drug offenders who previously were not sentenced to prison
  B) the larger proportion of offenders being white
  C) the prison population becoming middle crime age (age twenty-five to thirty-five) and physically and emotionally unhealthy
  D) the decreasing percentage of elderly offenders

Question 2

Describe how due process is applied to offenders during the parole process.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Answer should include: The Greenholtz decision determined that parole is not a constitutional right or a privilege, so all offenders are not guaranteed parole. However, once an individual has been granted parole, Morrissey recognized that offenders have the right to due process during revocation procedures.



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