When you have a warden like Luther, willing to help inmates regardless of their criminal record or status, it gives hope that the prison can be called a correctional facility. If the system would have more people who are willing to help the inmates by providing them with available resources that will guide them to succeed, there should not be so many violations in the correctional institutions. On the other hand, when Warden Meko took over, he did not supply any resources or
The prisoners began adopting prisoner-like behavior such as rebelling and swearing at the guards as they walked by. The guards also experienced changes in behavior as their new authoritative role gave them a sense of empowerment. The guards began treating the prisoners as if they actually were prisoners, despite the fact that none of them were criminals. One of the guards claimed afterwards that his role made him feel powerful, and he ended up treating the prisoners as if they were inferior to him. The guards afterwards confessed that they had become a person they were not.
In 1971, a psychologist named Phillip Zimbardo had the idea to hold an experiment that would study the impact of becoming a prisoner or a guard at a prison. Zimbardo’s main focus was to expand on Milgram’s study of situational behaviors. A newspaper ad was put out asking for volunteers to be in a psychological study. Those that responded were picked up at their homes as if they were being arrested. They were completely convinced that they were actually being arrested.
A constant threat of violence between inmates could ultimately cause them to cease being aggressive and violent. Of all the possible techniques of dealing with prison gangs at the present, is to keep them separated. This is the easiest and most cost effective option to date. Gang members can be kept away from each other within the same prison or by even sending them to different prisons in the same state or to different states altogether. Keeping them from talking and communicating with one another keeps them from being better organized to continue committing crimes.
The Manual however does not pretend to be the replacement since some provisions refers to the 1959 Rules as the main reference. There should be a compendium of Prison Rules or Prison Rules should be annotated to include recent measures or orders supplementing related rules. Based on this work, as principal reference, all prison officers will have a clear cut understanding on how they can efficiently and properly conduct their daily tour of duty. Without any reference, the entire prison officer corps are as confused as any civilian prison visitor is. The Prison Rules annotated or Prison Rules Compendium should include foremost a portion where Correctional Ethics is emphasized so that the core officers will exude the necessary professional outlook right from the start.
The government set up an independent body of inspectors to track the results and enable adjustments based on the data. The results have been impressive. The use of long-term isolation England is now negligible. In all of England, there are now fewer prisoners in “extreme custody.” Europe has a similar approach dealing with violence prevention and they have accomplished similar success. Why could not America try this approach, rather than torturing the citizens?
In the future of corrections is about reforming the inmates and getting them the most proper care that they need. Inmates that have mental needs should be put in a facility just for inmates that need proper care and attention. Inmates are committing crimes with no remorse for people because they understand that they will be released, from prison and sent back out to commit the crimes once again. The prison systems are not helping inmates. Once prisons can start to reform prisoners to stop those prisoners who like to keep coming back alot of things can change.
They need to learn that the work environment is not a place where such behavior will be tolerated, so they don’t do the same thing in another more serious job. I agree with Ron DesVue's perspective, that the individuals should be confronted. However, it should not be by a co-worker. Ron is correct in saying; this is inappropriate behavior for the workplace, even if they are on break. They should learn to stop this kind of behavior before they graduate.
I am begging you to get this information out to the public. If they so choose not to do anything with it that depends on the people, However I will rest easier knowing I’ve done as much as I could. “It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will” Only man has the power to change what they do not like about our government (Thoreau). Yet again, I am sitting in this prison on my own behalf. I am here because I wanted and still do want the people to have justice, I want the people to know.
Everybody has different freedoms than the next person; one’s freedom could be getting away from their parents. While another person’s freedom could be getting away from their boss or brothers and sisters. They get away from them one way or another and they know how to stay away from them. Some slaves knew how to get away form their masters, while others didn’t even try because they knew what would happen to them. Technology keeps us away from all the important things in life, like sight seeing and paying attention in class.