Objective 2: Explore the various issues of being incarcerated.

When someone enters the correctional system, they give up many of their freedoms, which before now were often taken for granted. Inmates are told when they have to get up and when to eat. They are allowed outside for recreation time for an hour each day if the weather permits. They do not get to pick who they room with or what to watch on TV. They shower in a public shower area and are told when to go to bed. The room can be searched at any time and inmates can be patted down entering and leaving the zone. When someone in the zone messes up the whole zone pays.

• Watch Americas Now— Private Prisons in the U.S. Make Big Profits

• Provide a summary of the video and indicate what you learned about prison life