Inmate orientation should also include sessions by staff and inmates that address sexual victimization issues. 4. Are prison staff require to protect inmates from potential exposure to HIV/AIDS? This is a pretty tough issue. Prison authorities should take all necessary measures including adequate staffing, effective surveillance and appropriate disciplinary measures, to protect prisoners from rape,
A correctional officer could work in cold or even hot tempatures. Being a correctional officer you could be working closesly with inmates in their cell blocks, working security or guard towers. Some work transporting inmates back and forth to and from a facility or to and from court. There are correctional officers to monitor vistiations that inmates have with family and friends. All mail that comes into and out the facility that is going to an inmate has to be checked for contraband so there are some correctional officers whos job is to
It starts off with the youth whom become adults and constantly keep returning to jail then they end up in prison. In the future corrections department need to work on ways that can help prisoners when they are released from prison on who to deal with society. Corrections need some type of program that can help and get the inmates the proper help they need to get out of jail and find jobs and how to reenter the world. But in order for the correctional officers to know how to treat inmates properly they need the proper training, so that they can make sure they are not mistreating inmates that will cause there facilities to be sued by the inmate. In the future of corrections is about reforming the inmates and getting them the most proper care that they need.
To become a professional, the employees must have extensive training and certifications to work at different levels of the prison. This training and accreditation is how industry leaders can plan for a better correctional officer. Privatized Prisons Prisons that are privately owned improve the quality of service without increasing the cost to the government or the taxpayers. Six percent of the prisoners in prisons are
When a new prison leadership assumes command and institute a system through the numerous confidential staff he would bring into the organization, that is where the real problem on graft and corruption begins. The entire agency will be parcelled according to territory. One will take charge of the procurement, another with the dispensation of supply, while others will check on the list of celebrity prisoners wanting any direct line for assistance or whatever arrangements to be forged. There are those who would monitor if penal farms have surfeit in prison products, while the rest are seeking any other contracts to be bilked for possible considerations. Caterers, dealers and suppliers are oftentimes the target of these personalities.
Corrections Accreditation and Privatization Noel Pennington CJS/230 March 30, 2014 Gloria Ramsey Corrections Accreditation and Privatization When you talk about correctional accreditation and professionalization you are talking about the standards that have been developed for the prisons and its personnel. The accretion allows for the prisons to compare their progress with other prisons, and this comparison can be used to help them mend problem areas. Accreditation and professionalization go hand in hand because one part of accreditation has to do with the proper training and conduct of the staff. Other parts of accreditation have to do with making sure that everything is ran in the correct manner and that all the necessary needs are
In reference to drugs, that would mean we as US citizens would have a legal right to buy, use, sell, and outright possess a certain amount of an illicit drug without penalty. Being that cocaine is addictive and destructive in large and repeated doses, I am against legalizing cocaine. The increased levels of ruthless behavior, overdoses, drug wars, and overall decline in the neighborhood across the country would be devastating. The inner cities would suffer an even greater decline in despair and hopelessness due to the streets being overly infested with open drug dealing. Although illegal activities occur on a daily basis, I think if cocaine was legal, people would be dying in the streets.
Because of distinctiveness of the environment only those participants who have psychological assessment similarities are the only individuals allowed into the group. This group will be homogeneous. If an inmate is recommended to participate in the group, a psychological screening process of the inmate is necessary. In view of the fact that the correctional officer and caretakers spend more time with inmates than the psychologist performing the screening, an inmate that does not exhibit unusual behaviors, will have to be screened by the correctional officers or social caretaker (Bartol & Bartol, 2004). Inmates who exhibit behaviors that alludes to a mental impairment; a psychologist will screen those inmates (Bartol & Bartol).
The role of the Clerk of Court is to maintain records of criminal cases, which includes keeping track of papers, organizing papers, and keeping tabs on the decisions, and orders of the judge. Along with maintaining the court schedule, the clerk also prepares the jury pool, issues summons, and subpoena’s witnesses for the prosecution and defense attorneys. Finally, the clerk is responsible for marking and maintaining custody of physical evidence (Meyer & Grant,
Rehabilitation programs are programs that help the felons while they are prison. There are different types of rehabilitation programs for different types of problems. Whether the person has a drug problem or other problems there is programs that are in place to take care of each individual situation. The felon that gets the help while in prison does not always continue on the right path after his/her release from prison, but any help given could change a person’s