In the case of Singleton v Department of Correctional Education, there are several reasons the courts ruled in favor of the Department of Correctional Education. Ms. Singleton claimed sexual harassment against a guard at the Correctional facility, but she never made an official report to her employer, and the unwanted behavior started July 2000 and continued to October 2001. What is sexual harassment? Sexual harassment is defined as someone making unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks (Merriam-Webster
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connotations have created several myths surrounding what a correctional institution is and what it does. Ideally, mentally ill offenders that are assigned to a correctional facility are supposedly “rehabilitated” through such an assignment. However, as a state or sheriff office representatives- we as a community of professional are not at liberty to mistreat other human beings- morally and ethically. Conversely, prison, jail, and correctional environment are different. This is a subculture within a
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mistakes. Inmate/officer Conflict Much research and many studies have been performed on the relationship between inmates and correctional officers. If you could take a census between the officers they would address such issues as the overcrowding of prisons, prison gangs and most of all the inmates violence on other inmates and correctional officers. Most correctional officers share the fear of being attacked by the
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Plan for Recruiting and Training Correctional Staff Patricia Saylor Dexter Levin Corrections November 24, 2013 With the increased growth in the level of lawbreakers and the high level of inmates in jails and correctional facilities in proportion to the shortage in correction officers, there has been a growing need for recruitment of more professional correctional staff to help in curbing this issue. With this in mind, the position that the State Director of Corrections will hold shall
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The normal challenge for female Correctional Officer or Staff member is the gender itself. Often at times the staff in a prison facility are harsher to those that are of the dominate gender in that one facility. Some may believe that females are not capable enough to handle the hardships that come with working with inmates. Statistically, many facilities don’t have female staff members due to aspects of working in a prison facility; especially in a male dominated area. According to Frank DiMarino
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Introduction Correctional inmates engage in drug-related and sexual risk behaviors, and the transmission of HIV, hepatitis, and sexually transmitted diseases occurs in correctional facilities. However, there is uncertainty about the extent of transmission, and hyperbolic descriptions of its extent may further stigmatize inmates and elicit punitive responses. Whether infection was acquired within or outside correctional facilities, the prevalence of HIV and other infectious
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in a Correctional facility as it related to inmate access to healthcare. The paper will describe different assessments and evaluations used to monitor the process of inmate healthcare access. Community techniques and resources will also be defined in this paper, along with additional organizational resources relative to the process, systems, personal, and professionals roles in the organization. Strategies for Changing Inmate Access to Healthcare Access to health care in the correctional institutions
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Gen/200 Nickole Mingo 07/2/2010 Debra Wenzel analogy I decided to write on “The American Correctional Association (ACA)” I chose this organization because I was a member when I was a correctional officer. This organization helps officers deal with everyday life behind bars. It teaches us how and what steps to take when dealing with inmates and other correctional officers. As an officer of the criminal justice system we are held to certain standards amongst the community and
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notes on this page] Running Head: OVERCROWDING OF PRISONS 2 Abstract The correctional institutions are established to correct the behaviors by law breakers. Society believes that once an individual comes out of the correctional facility, he is a reformed person. In addition, these facilities are always expected to warn the law abiding citizens to deter them from committing a crime for fear of being in the correctional cells. However, the population in the correction facilities especially prisons
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Subspecialities of Forensic Psychology: Legal Psychology and Correctional Psychology Antonella Zavala MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE CJ240 ABSTRACT Forensic psychology is the science that studies the individuals offender’s behavior. Forensic Science has other sciences that coordinates its goal such as Legal Psychology which will decide whether an offender is on conditions to go or not to court and correctional psychology that will follow the behavior and rehab on an offender Introduction
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