User:Hattiegroat/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1- Area

 * Article title
 * Prisons in California


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is well-written, but could be improved with additional content. Additionally, I think it would be beneficial if there were more citations.


 * Sources
 * https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-prison-population/
 * This article while not a scholarly source gives up-to-date statistics on California prisons.

Option 2- Sector

 * Article title- Sector
 * Prison reform


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article has a lot of information on it, but very few citations. It also references prison reform in the United Kingdom. I believe that there should be a separate page for Prison Reform in the United States or even Prison Reform in California.


 * Sources
 * Reid, Melanie. “The Culture of Mass Incarceration: Why Locking Them up and Throwing Away the Key Isn’t a Humane or Workable Solution for Society, and How Prison Conditions and Diet Can Be Improved.” University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class, no. Issue 2, 2015.