Video Link Adam Ruins Everything: Why the Public Defender System is So Screwed 
Up https://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/videos/why-the-public-defender-system-is-so-
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Corrections 
Once a defendant has been found guilty, the correctional system helps carry out the punishment that is 
ordered by the court. The defendant may be ordered to pay financial restitution or a fine and not serve time 
under a form of incarceration. When an offender gets sentenced to a period of incarceration, at either a jail 
or prison, they will serve their sentence under supervision. Offenders that get sentenced to less than a year 
will serve their sentence in a local jail, but longer sentences will serve time in prison. However, offenders 
can also get sentenced to community-based supervision, such as probation. In this situation, an offender 
would get assigned a probation officer (PO), and there would be specific rules they are required to follow. 
If an offender violates rules, the PO may request the offender be incarcerated in jail or prison to serve the 
remainder of the sentence. 
9 Lastly, an essential part of corrections is helping former inmates with prisoner 
re-entry or reintegration into society through parole, community-based supervision after serving time in a 
locked facility, and may require drug-testing, help with finding employment, education, and social support. 
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8. Victor, D. (2018). Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal of ‘Making a Murderer' Subject Brendan Dassey. The New York Times. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/us/brendan-dassey-supreme-court.html 
9. , Fuller, J. (2019). Introduction to criminal justice: A brief edition. New York: Oxford University Press. 
10. RAND Corporation. (1994-2018). https://www.rand.org/topics/prisoner-reentry.html 
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