Corrections Exam III (Final)

1.) Desensitization (given a #, not treated like a prison)
2.) Humiliation (defective, get naked)
3.) Violence or threat of violence
4.) Boredom
5.) Most important Deprivation of Liberty

1.) Regimentation
2.) Classification (separate by escape potential)
3.) Segregation (prison within a prison)
4.) Control and Release (release by good time)
5.) Prison Design

disciplinary segregation is based on behavior but there is an ability for a hearing, while administrative segregation is decided by administration without the ability for a hearing

1.) Increase in tension
2.) lack of flexibility from Warden
3.) Increase in idleness
4.) Loss of recreation
5.) Breakdown of infrastructure
6.) Increase in security problems

when correctional officers are inside the housing unit with direct contact with inmates

Cheap Staff
Cheap Land
(Creates jobs)

1.) Perfect example of how not to handle a riot
2.) Beginning the realization of the failure of imprisonment as a means of rehabilitation

A cause is the underlying reason why a riot is occurring while a trigger is the final straw in starting a riot. for example mistreatment is the cause while no pancakes is the trigger

1. emphasis should be on prevention not control
2. be sensitive that prison is dehumanizing and humiliating
3. Tone of the institution must change from mutual hostility to mutual respect

1.) improve communication between inmates and CO's
2.) improve 'intelligence' from prisoners to CO
3.) improve communication from CO to CO
4.)prompt and positive reaction to grievances
5.)Fix up prison by painting and light
6.) Pay attention to staff moral
7.) Develop sensible security design
8.) Tamper Proof internal and external communication system
9.) Have a riot control plan

is the way people adjust to prison

conducting correctional activities in non-governmental/ private facilities

1. Prison Industry Enhancement Act
2.) Private Financing
3.) Private Correctional Facilities

In California an inmate is allowed 48 hours in a trailer with their family. They can cook, sleep, and engage in sexual conduct.

-Women value privacy more than men and have a harder time with communal living.
-Men institutionalize thru violence/ while women thru playing house
-Women use verbal violence, while men is physical violence

involves the release of an inmate prior to completion of his sentence subject to conditions

clinical
-study the person, what programs they participated in, clinical history, victim attitude

Statistical
-look at the criminal history, ie.) # of prior convictions, age of first conviction, # of previous incarcerations, drug dependency

1.) We know what's wrong with offenders
2.) Assumes we can apply rehabilitation programs in prison / able to fix them
3.) We will know when a person is fixed
4.) Assumes prison is a good place to fix people

rehabilitation does not prepare for one to be released?????????????

1. Punishment should fit the crime vs. individual
2.) Sentences should be determinate vs. indeterminate
3.) An offenders prospect for rehabilitation should not affect his/her sentence nor should participation in prison programs affect release vs. prison program participation affects release
4.) Release should be based on number of years in the sentence minus good time vs. parole based on behavior