Key issues that face corrections include dealing with conflicting goals, obtaining adequate funding, making the bureaucracy of correctional services more effective, coordinating correctional activity across different agencies, and dealing with correctional uncertainty. In "Challenges in Prison Management," you had to address one of these key issues—funding. This involved deciding how to allocate limited resources to address a problem common to corrections agencies—overcrowding. What determined your choices? What did you decide was the most important to the prison budget? Explain your choices.
