200 word The major assignment for this course is the completion of a research paper in which you will select a correctional issue discussed in this course, provide your recommended solutions to the issue, and use research to support those recommendations.These will be completed in blocks with the first block being the selection and submission of the topic.Before submitting your topic, you should review the topic options below.

Misuse of jails
Underfunding
Prison conditions
Classification/risk assessment
Special populations
Crowding
Overcrowding
Staff hiring
Staff working conditions
Correction officer deviance
Officer pay/workload
Management/administration
Privatization of corrections (prisons and community corrections)

Once selected, please provide a brief summary of the issue to include the area or areas of focus. For example, if you decide to discuss the hiring of correctional staff, your focus could be hiring female staff. This should be at least one page in length, contain 200 words, be double-spaced, and typed in 12-point Times New Roman font. Citations and references are not required for the topic selection.

Information on future assignment that will go with this topic is listed below. 
 The second stage of this paper will be the submission of an outline and references. That will be due in Unit IV, so you may want to begin working on it as well.