The judicial branch consists of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Judicial Center. According to the Constitution, [t]he judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish..
The Progressive Era was a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States, from the 1890s to 1920s. The main objective of the Progressive movement was eliminating corruption in government. The movement primarily targeted political machines and their bosses.
Enduring about 60 years, the prison reform movement in time challenged nearly every assumption of traditional prison practice. It produced an entirely new model of prison for adults, the women's reformatory, which eventually was adopted by states throughout the country.as a movement to reform the conditions under which women were incarcerated. This effort, which began about 1870, continues to influence women's prisons today.