supervision and management of convicted felons. The Department of Corrections allows

the protection of the community by operating safe, secure facilities that keep offenders

under firm, fair practices. There is a wide range of treatment including educational and

vocational programs that help the offenders become rehabilitated citizens. Corrections has

been around for centuries. The corrections history of New York and of Utah are just a

few pieces of a huge puzzle of corrections. "That human institutions require periodic

redesign, if only because of their tendency to decay is not a minor fact about them, nor

easily understood. Taken the span of history, there is no more important lesson to be

The history of New York's Corrections starts with the Fort Amsterdam Era. Fort

Amsterdam was erected in 1625. Its facilities were dungeon-like. Its prisoners included

unruly soldiers, native people that were uncompliant, and debtors. Next came States

Huys. It was built in 1642. This Corrections facility also served as a tavern, a court, and

a city hall. In 1699 Stats Huys was condemned as unfit and could no longer be used

"Superintendent of Prison." He had complete responsibility and control of state prisons.

All in all, the system we currently have cannot be any better as it is efficient as humanly

Ossining prison was opened in 1825 to compensate for the overcrowding at

prisoners could be held in less space. One building could hold ten to fifteen times the

In 1838 the Halls of Justice were finished after four years of construction. It was

out that if the person has a record, how old it really is, as records older than 5 years old

receive visitor privileges. Inmates are those that are violent but have some chance of

families and society. The correctional system must be responsive to all of today's

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