Detention Center Case Study

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Just Practice Framework Guidelines The core concepts relevant to this case is we provide parenting classes to incarcerated individuals in the hopes they will learn to be productive parents in the lives of their children even while they are behind bars. The parenting classes enable me as a social worker the ability to give those that are oppressed a voice within the society they live in to maintain a positive connection within their family and retain the leadership role of a parent, even in the event when parenting rights have been transferred. Such as relinquishment of parental rights either enforced by court decision due to them being deemed unfit as a parent, or by the parent because they believe it is in the best interest of the child because…show more content…
But those factors do play a role in the policies that shape and lead the detention center. Policies that guide the detention center have been developed to address religion and how it’s important to allow individuals to practice their religious beliefs as long as it does not harm them or others, such as Good Friday which involves the symbol of the cross drawn on the forehead with ashes for those of Catholic belief. The detention center also has defined policies that will accommodate those with disabilities, such as individuals requiring special medications, and some physical…show more content…
Each inmate has a story and a past that equally goes along with that story, my job is to see past all that baggage and scar tissue and find the soar and try to help comfort them through all the pain. Before my own incarceration I liked down on those who lost their freedom due to their stupid acts, but when it became my turn I realized that sometimes we make those bad decisions out of emotions which can only lead to misguided judgment. Having the opportunity to share my story with the inmates has allowed them to see past me as being a stranger to them, if anything they see me as one of them, someone who relates to their loss and roller-coaster of emotions that are experienced daily while waiting on someone else to decide their fate and
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