What contemporary problems exist within the U.S. corrections system? What drug laws have most significantly impacted the corrections system? What issues exist with regard to staff members and the stressful environments of the correctional facilities? What is the concept of officer burnout?
What role might court decisions play in the way the shift supervisor perceives working at the jail facility? How have the courts affected inmate population and the administration of jails and prisons? Is cynicism common in corrections? In criminal justice generally? In most other occupations?