...The importance of accreditation within the correctional setting is extremely important dealing with prisoners. The Correctional association was founded in 1870, as the National Prison Association, also serves all disciplines with the corrections profession and is dedicated of excellence in every aspect of the field. accreditation is a system of verification that correctional agencies/facilities comply with national standards promulgated by the American Correctional Association. Accreditation is achieved through a series of reviews, evaluations, audits and hearings. The main benefits of the ACA accreditation is to assess the facility's strengths and weaknesses to build a better staff, holding staff and prisoners accountable for their actions. Identifying goals to be achieved such as having a percentage of prisoners who have not received a high school diploma or GED, while serving time have obtained their GED so once released back into societies normal population the prisoner can began to plan his/her future whether deciding to further education or obtaining employment. Prisons also following policies and procedures, following guidelines within their prisons with their daily operations. The most important is the level of staff professionalism and morale making sure the staff treats the prisoners with respect regardless of what their offense was for. It usually takes a prison up to 18 months to receive their accreditation award, the award is good for 3 years. during the 3...
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...History of State and Federal Prisons Joshlyn Aday CJS/230 John Feltgen November 14, 2013 Since the beginning of the criminal justice system, when the English brought over the concept that is the foundation for our criminal justice system today, there has been a sought out concept: There must be a reason for punishing criminals other than simple vengeance. This usually happens within the criminal justice system, but not often do people have to pay for the crimes that they’ve done. As a result, the first penitentiaries, predecessors of prisons today, were built with a view to behavior modification procedures (Foster, 2006). Today we have these institutions called state and federal prisons. They’ve had their number of changes throughout the years for modification. Just as any one thing throughout the world, they have their differences as well as their similarities. Looking to the past, we can pinpoint some sort of starting line for the development of what we call the prison system. In Norfolk, England circa 1875, nearing the end of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Thomas Beever announced the grand opening of Wymondham Gaol. Towards the end of the Enlightenment, the Western civilization, looking inward, believed it was more civilized and reformations began to touch every aspect of life, including dealings with criminals. Belief in the scientific method drove society to find more humane ways of dealing with the lawless while perhaps transforming these into law-abiding, productive...
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...The purpose of this assignment is to create an APA formatted reference list for eight articles from reputable sources, and a one paragraph summary for each article selected, and a brief expression of intent on the selected articles. As clearly noted in Creswell (2009) literature review provides the ground work for a preparation of another scientific work. Creswell further notes… “ this literature review passage should summarize large groups of studies instead of individual ones”( Creswell, 2009, p.104). Rhodes, A.L. Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison (2004) is a book written by Dr. Lorna Rhodes. Her study explores, examines, and recognizes what life is like inside confined walls of solitary units inside prisons. Her study provides not only the image of solitary confinement- but the sense of loss and liberty of humanity when an offender is faced with long periods of extensive isolation from all; but those who feed you (correctional officers). Dr. Rhodes- explores and discusses the challenges that are faced both by the front-line-staff and offenders. Such as, psychological, emotional, and physiological changes- and provides her academic perspective with a scientific response. Rationale for Selection There are a lot of research currently available in-regards to isolation of offenders, and the biological effects on human body, mind, and perceptions. This study is valuable to my research even though the findings are not as scientific as...
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...The purpose of this assignment is to create an APA formatted reference list for eight articles from reputable sources, and a one paragraph summary for each article selected, and a brief expression of intent on the selected articles. As clearly noted in Creswell (2009) literature review provides the ground work for a preparation of another scientific work. Creswell further notes… “ this literature review passage should summarize large groups of studies instead of individual ones”( Creswell, 2009, p.104). Rhodes, A.L. Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in the Maximum Security Prison (2004) is a book written by Dr. Lorna Rhodes. Her study explores, examines, and recognizes what life is like inside confined walls of solitary units inside prisons. Her study provides not only the image of solitary confinement- but the sense of loss and liberty of humanity when an offender is faced with long periods of extensive isolation from all; but those who feed you (correctional officers). Dr. Rhodes- explores and discusses the challenges that are faced both by the front-line-staff and offenders. Such as, psychological, emotional, and physiological changes- and provides her academic perspective with a scientific response. Rationale for Selection There are a lot of research currently available in-regards to isolation of offenders, and the biological effects on human body, mind, and perceptions. This study is valuable to my research even though the findings are not as scientific as...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix A Prisoners Worksheet Complete the worksheet by writing short responses to the questions in each row. |How would you differentiate male and female |When you compare the roles of males and female prisons, the men’s prisons had no | |prisoner backgrounds? Is there a better |equivalent found in women’s prisons. In men’s prisons you will find cohesive | |solution to prisoner background |subculture, but the women’s are basically a small, intimate family with groups that | |classification? Explain. |are usually centered by homosexual relationships and this helps with their affection | | |starvation. I cannot think of a better solution to prisoner background classification.| | |When backgrounds are done they are usually always thoroughly checked if they have | | |violent tendencies, or are in gang affiliations. They do this to help to separate them| | |to the right various units and prisons. | |How do state and federal prisoners differ? |With federal and state prisoners they have different aspects. With state prisoners | |What issues affect state versus federal |they usually have not committed a federal offense such as murder, but with federal | |prisoners...
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...controlled. Correctional officers have one of the hardest jobs on the planet, having to work with prison inmates on a daily basis and not knowing when something may happen that could endanger themselves or their fellow correctional officers. Keywords: daily, corrections, life, officers, policies, The life of a correctional officer is a multi-prong one. A correctional officer is a staff person in a prison or jail who accomplishes the institution’s mission by maintaining control and order within the prison (Seiter, 2011). While the job of a correctional officer is very critical within a prison and may vary vastly depending on the role unique to a certain prison or jail, it is very important that we all understand that these quiet guardians are the tip of the spear in the correctional facilities. The differences between jails and prisons have been clearly defined and the missions between the two are considerately different, there is relatively little difference in the actual roles that correctional officers play in the two types of facilities. Correctional officers are solely responsible for the direct, constant supervision of inmates and implementation of the security procedures and protocols within a prison. All correctional officers are required to be very knowledgeable in the highly technical and highly interactive world of the prison system as the daily occurrences with the prison inmates requires them to have strict adherence to policies and sharp...
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...Physical, Dynamic and Procedural Security Considerations in a Custodial Environment Physical Security Cells: Cells are essential for the effective security of a prison as they are used for the accommodation of inmates. This is where a prisoner place will spend most of their time during their time in prison. Work, education, rehabilitation programmes, visits or exercise and recreational time are the only times that an inmate can leave their cells. . In some cases an inmate may only leave their cell for a short period of time over a 24 hour period. Inmates’ cells are often checked daily as part of a routine and searches are put in place to ensure high levels of security and safety are upheld. <> Prison Officers: Prison officers have a critical role in physical security as they will have the job of patrolling the prison and surrounding areas to ensure that they are secure. They will also guard critical areas such as the main entrance and cell blocks. Throughout the day and night they will conduct routine checks of all security areas - some will be frequently checked whilst others will be checked when necessary. They will also have the role of responding quickly to alarms or calls for backup from colleagues well as questioning and reporting suspicious behavior. Search Area: The search area will cover the whole prison, however some areas will be searched on a regular basis (routine) whilst other areas will be checked when security concerns or information available suggests...
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...Homosexuality in the American Prison System For many, one’s sexualtity or gender expression has an outwards, tangible and extremely present effect on a person’s life. This is especially true if they identify under an umbrella of sexuality or gender expression that does not conform to or match the overall consensus on “normal sexuality” or majority sexuality. Those under the LGBT umbrella within the prison system have a unique set of challenges they must face compared to their fellow heterosexual or cisgender prison mates. Even further, trans people and individuals find themselves in a unique situation because they are often assigned to a prison based upon their birth sex, but not their gender identity. While homosexual inmates have been found to statistically be already at a higher risk for sexual violence and sexual abuse while in prison, transgender inmates have even higher risks when assigned by their birth sex; a trans woman who had undergone sexual reassignment surgery being placed in a men’s prison, for example, can face an extreme amount of sexual violence compared to if she was, instead, assigned to an all female prison. There is a need for action to be done for LGBT youth, but also inwards by the prison system to improve its rules, standards and practices when dealing with LGBT prisoners and homosexuality in general. To begin, one must look at the state of how lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans inmates hold up against their heterosexual inmates. Due to homosexuality...
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...CUSTODIAL AND NON-CUSTODIAL MEASURES The Prison System Criminal justice assessment toolkit 1 UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Vienna CUSTODIAL AND NON-CUSTODIAL MEASURES The Prison System Criminal Justice Assessment Toolkit UNITED NATIONS New York, 2006 The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations, the Secretariat and Institutions of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Belgian 2006 OSCE Chairmanship concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. This publication has not been formally edited. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE ..................................................................................... 1 2. OVERVIEW: GENERAL AND STATISTICAL DATA ......................................................... 5 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 7.1 7.2 OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY AND PRISON SYSTEM.............................................. 5 PRISON POPULATION ........................................................................................... 6 PROFILE OF PRISON POPULATION..................................................................... 6 QUALITY OF DATA ......................................
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...Assignment 2: Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners 1.0 The Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners The treatment of mentally ill inmates has been not only a public concern, but has also been identified by Canada’s Correctional Investigator, Howard Sapers as an issue of concern in his 2014 report to parliament. Between 1997 and 2007, offenders entering the prison system with a mental disorder grew 71% in men and 61% in women (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2012). The problem at hand is that correctional institutes and their staff are not widely trained to deal with inmates who suffer from mental disorders. The result then, is that use-of-force interventions, and placement in solitary confinement, often for extended periods of time, are used as methods of dealing with unruly behaviours exhibited by these mentally ill offenders. While there are various issues surrounding mental health in the Canadian judicial system, for the purpose of this report, the discussion will be focused around inadequate methods for dealing with behaviours presented by these inmates, namely by use-of-force and solitary confinement 1.1 Use-Of-Force Techniques In Sapers 2014 report, it is reported that “28% of all use of force interventions involved an offender with a mental health concern as identified by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)” (Ministry of Public Safety, 2014). This is likely due to the fact that mentally ill inmates are more likely to self-harm, have unpredictable behaviour...
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...Jail and Prisons Archie Parks CJA/204 November 27, 2011 Ross Thompson Jail and Prisons Introduction Prisons and Jails play an intricate part in the criminal justice corrections system. They are responsible for housing and rehabilitating some of the United States most dangerous criminals. This paper will explain the different types of prisons explain prison concepts and discuss why jails are important in the criminal justice system. In addition, prison strategies for dealing with violent behavior and the role parole plays in the strategic handling of inmates. Types of prisons There are four types of prisons within the United States Criminal Justice system. Each of the four types are stated below: 1. Local Prison: Local prisons within the United States criminal justice system are commonly referred to as Jails. Jails are used by cities to detain persons who have been accused of committing a crime while awaiting trial when bail has not been granted or cannot be paid. County Jails can detain prisoners for up to 18 months. 2. State Prisons: State Prisons are prisons who maintained by the state and used to house criminals who have been convicted of violating state statutes. State prisons are maintained and managed utilizing funds from the state budget. 3. Federal Prisons: Federal Prisons are used to house criminals who have been convicted of violating federal laws. Federal prisons are maintained by the Federal Government and are maintained and managed using...
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...favors, or gratuities from inmates or their families. They cannot accept or give to any inmate. Each morning before beginning tour of duty, an officer is reminded of how much integrity means in his or her lines of duty. They are reminded that they must refrain from personal dealings, sexual harassment and DUI. All of these acts if committed hurts your integrity and brings a frown upon the department. Anytime there is a corrupt officer from corrections on the news it not only hurts their institution but the department as a whole. Anytime an officer is in a situation where they feel they are lying, misleading or not within policy they should refrain from doing it. Correctional officers must present themselves both publicly and privately as trustworthy citizens and officers. Doing the right thing al all times will never go wrong. Inmates try to manipulate staff on a daily basis. They work hard to try to become a threat to an officer so they can lead them to corruption. They want the officer to bring in items that are contraband (cell phones, money, drugs etc.). The integrity that the officer has will reflect the right decision to make. This type of conduct is personal dealings. Personal dealings have gotten so bad in the department that a state law of up to five years for bringing cell phones in the facility....
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...It begins with the correctional officer communicating to the two convicts about life in prison. In their own words, correctional facilities help people learn behaviors that promote peaceful coexistence in society. The sentiments explain why some refer to the institution as prison, but the two consider the place their second home. As depicted in the movie, people end up in the facility due to many reasons, among them a violation of the law (Edwards, 2012). There are also cases of rise in temper contributing to the violation of the law as it was with the Andy Dufresne who reported hitting committing murder out of anger. Given the circumstances in which the person committed the offence, lack of self-control is contributing to decay in the moral in the...
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...all their fingers and toes. As they grow older, we pry that everything we teach them is utilized to help them to become productive citizens. The last thing parents want is for their children to become juvenile delinquents. There is a saying that goes, “it takes a village to raise child”, which may be true, yet nobody wants to acknowledge or accept the fact their children is a delinquent, and do they want advice on ways to steer their child (ren) back on the right path of productiveness. Instead of feeling like we are failures and try to ignore our children’s behavior, parents should continue to show their children love by working hard to get them the help they need that would deter them from their criminal behaviors and activities. When dealing with juvenile delinquents, the first place we look for help is the juvenile justice system. I feel that too many parents and citizens look to the juvenile justice system for help correcting the behaviors of delinquent juveniles. Because so many people are depending on the juvenile justice system, they should take all necessary measures to aid juvenile delinquents on their return back to society as successful adults. For this reason, I strongly believe the juvenile justice system should focus on punishment instead of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation should not be completely replaced by punishment but instead it should collaborate with punishment to better deter juveniles from their criminal activities. I believed that rehabilitation can...
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...Vanessa Wright June 5, 2011 Comp Inter Legal Systems Project 1: Compare and Contrast France and England CJS Albany State University Criminal justice systems across the world vary depending on what country you reside in. Criminal justice systems are representations of what the country will accept and what they will not tolerate regardless if you are a minor or an adult. Some countries put you in the same category, but one thing all criminal justice systems do are protect the people of its country and make sure they are safe. The duties of the criminal justice systems across the world range from detecting crime to running the whole country. Every country has a criminal justice system including France and England. France’s criminal justice can be compared to England’s criminal justice system in many ways but it also can be contrasted. There are many similarities between the two, but what ultimately makes one country enforce their laws more strictly may be the greatest difference between the two. Within France, there are two major principal police systems which employ more than 145 thousand people. The two major principal police systems are the National Police and The National Gendarmerie. The Director General of the National Police includes the inspector general of police, judicial police, general intelligence, public security, territorial surveillance, control of the borders, and republican security company. The...
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