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Q Outline the history of corrections in the United States as discussed in chapter ten of your text. In your opinion have the correctional policies of the country become more enlightened and civilized over the past two centuries? What do you see as the future of corrections in the U.S.? Explain the basis of your response.

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American criminal justice or the correctional procedures have evolved and changed over the years through various processes. The process includes many changes, some good and some bad. The western prison system has come forward through some processes like incarceration, rehabilitation etc. the current correctional system of America has been created through many facilities related to correctional processes like galley slavery, transportation, jails, community corrections etc. ("Corrections the essentials", 2018).