The process of rehabilitation will begin in prison and will continue once the inmate is released into society. Rehabilitation started in the late 18th century in which rehabilitation occurred in a barbaric way in torture chambers and dungeons (“Prison Rehabilitation”, n.d.). Rehabilitation in the past was focused on reforming the individual and not focused on preventing the inmates from breaking the law again. Rehabilitation has since changed and focused on preventing the individual from committing a crime against laws and also on teaching these inmates how to act properly in society. Rehabilitation is now the focus of our corrections system and every day new things are being done to ensure the system is getting better and improving the inmates as a whole.
Unfortunately, it is very common for prisoners to have lost everything when they have been released for example their family, friends, job and their housing. Other prisoners may be good role models for prisoners who are finding it hard to fit into the lifestyle of being in prison. There are certain schemes that prisoners can go through to try and fit into the lifestyle of a prisoner, I will be talking about this later in this report. To have a positive relationship with friends and family is extremely important in a custody environment. Prisoners are able to have visits, but visits are supervised by staff and this could be stressful for prisoners and also visitors.
The aim of the prison was to reform the prisoner through solitary confinement, religion and order. This approach was a symbolic step to civilise punishment, it was a huge development from the retributive methods of the bloody code. To evaluate the success of Pentonville, it must be measured against three factors. The first factor is the conditions for prisoners prior to Pentonville and during Pentonville. The second factor that needs to be considered is the routine the inmates faced on a day to day basis and the outcome of the rehabilitation.
Ethical Treatment of Prisoners Vaniesea Forbes SOC 120 Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility Instructor: Amber Anderson Espana April 24, 2013 For hundreds of years prisoners had no rights, wardens ran their facilities as they deemed necessary and furthermore, they were not held accountable for the conditions which existed in their facilities. Over time however, changes were incorporated to accommodate inmates and preserve their basic human rights. We all have feelings of what is right and what is wrong, It is those same feelings, which help to guide us towards doing what we believe to be ethically and morally correct. The ethical treatment of these prisoners has been an ongoing concern and debate for years. With the prison population on the rise this task has become harder than ever.
In the article, methods that were used to conduct this research were self-reports from inmates as well as interviews of former inmates. Surveys were also conducted and given to those incarcerated as well as those released from prison. Prisoners were allowed to participate in a program titled “Long-Distance Dads” which encouraged responsible fatherhood during and after incarceration. Special attention was paid to inmates who participated in religious services and other programs such as Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous as well. The research results showed that those who reported support from family and loved ones, via visits and letters while incarcerated as well as emotional and financial support upon release, helped make re-integration a bit easier.
The discussion could be is that criminals are being handled well, but some say that they are not being handled like criminals. However, when you think back many years ago, criminals had no rights what so ever. The wardens ran the prison as they saw fit. As for the criminals back in the day, they would be taken out and stoned, beat, and even killed. But with the ethical treatment of criminals these days has a gentle and healthier living circumstances.
English 102 Section A Mental Health Facility Benefits When it comes to criminology, mental illnesses can be a hot topic in deciding if the person charged of crime should be convicted into a jail or the criminal wing of a mental facility. The facilities can prove to b e a great asset to general population, holding the morals of popular belief while also keeping the convicted safe from theirselves and others. Many of these facilities do not differ drastically from nursing homes, the arrangements of rooms, dining halls, and lobbies are similar. Residents still retain their rights as a human being. Though they are criminally charged, there are laws forbidding restraints as these are counted as false imprisonment, they are also allowed the right to confidentiality.
When one visits, it results in preserving a healthy relationship once the inmate is released. Visiting has such a positive impact on those who are living in the facility but, it is a long process to become a visitor. New or reoccurring, all visitors must fill out an application an send it to either the public or private prison unit, incomplete applications will be rejected. The number of visitors an offender may receive and the length of the visit may be limited by the facility’s schedule, space, and personnel constraints. In addition, many rules come in to play like: no person will be allowed to socially visit more that one offender, unless they are part of a family, any person representing a certain health hazard will not be allowed into the facility.
Teaching in a Failing Middle School, Analysis In the article, Voices Inside Schools—Newjack: Teaching in a Failing Middle School, Sipe (2004) compared his experience as a middle school teacher to that of a corrections officer. Sipe (2004) asserted that the prison-like structure and institutional feel of the school played a role in the behavior of the students and teachers. Connover (as cited in Sipe, 2004), described the importance of control, for a corrections officer, in assuming authority and respect in a correctional facility. Also, Cononover (as cited in Sipe, 2004) observed that the prison was divided into two adversarial sides of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Although initially disturbed that the student-teacher relationship mirrored that of corrections officers and prisoners, Sipe (2004) seemed to accept this type of interaction as necessary to maintain authority.
However, the implementation of; Prison improvement program has made it possible for prison to preserve the basic human rights of inmates. A prison is a place that holds people who have been convicted, or found guilty, of serious crimes, although there are a number of reasons why we use imprisonment. Customary we use prison to deter those who commit crime, and also to serve as a punishment for those who commit crime. Nonetheless we also use prison to reform people in order to get them ready for reintroduction of society. The most important thing that we use prison for is to keep people in our society safe, and to offer protection.