What should Casey’s response be to the reporter ( other than hanging up or telling him to call back ) concerning the agency’s recommendations? A country’s correction program consists of several components. Such components include several programs as well as policies in several organizations that have the mandate to provide services to persons who have been convicted of crimes. Several options are available for correctional purposes. These options are wide and varied. These options include: Incarceration This requires the person convicted of a crime to be housed in a facility that is secure and constantly monitored for a specified period and during such a period there are set restrictions on activities one can engage in as well as one’s movement concerning the restrictions imposed ( Caputo, 2004, p.7). Two types of incarceration are prison and jail. Jail is incarceration for a relatively short period especially during the trial or for persons who fail to raise bail. This is for persons whose proceedings in court are still in session and the person has not yet been convicted for the crime they are charged with. Persons who are held in jail for two major reasons, one, is that the person convicted of an offense cannot afford to raise bail as the court decision or, two, the person is considered as a danger to the rest of society and there is a possibility that the person can jump bail and flee the court’s jurisdiction while the trial against them is still ongoing ( Capato, 2004, p.8). Prisons provide confinement for a longer period compared to jails. A prison provides confinement to persons convicted of felonies as well as persons who have violated their parole requirements. Unless the jails are overcrowded only then can those serving a sentence of less than a year can be sent to serve their sentences in prisons. Probation and parole Community corrections probation and parole are measures of punishment for convicted offenders. Probation is the granting of a right to a convicted offender to serve the sentence imposed with sanctions imposed by a court of law. This allows the offender to serve the already set sentence while living within the community ( Capato, 2004, p.8). This is commonly used and requires close supervision by authorities by allocating each offender to a probation officer within the offender’s local area. A probation period is accompanied by close monitoring of the offender as well as the performance of set tasks as well as abiding by the probation conditions. In case the probation conditions are violated the offender risks. Parole is the release of a convicted offender after the successful completion of a prison sentence ( Capato, 2004, p.9). It is administered by a parole board charged with the mandate of determining whether or not an offender is fit and ready to be released back to society to serve the sentences. There are usually two types of parole, discretionary and mandatory parole ( Capato, 2004, p.9). In discretionary parole release is administered by a parole board if the board deems fit and after the offender has served his sentence successfully. The offender needs to show that he has made a tremendous effort to improve and has reformed substantively. The mandatory release is provided by statute whereby after a set period of serving one’s sentence an offender is eligible for parole. The offender has to show great effort in reforming or else such a right can be waived depending on the conduct of the offender. Intermediate Sanction This refers to several