Correctional Facilities Case Study

Register to read the introduction… As most prisons have been designed to accommodate for security measures, such as cameras, barricade doors, effective placement of staff to be able to respond quickly and safely to an area of physical violence, so that to protect themselves and other inmates from further harm, as well as being able to effectively control inmate mobility. In common areas within a facility staff is able to isolate areas in which physical altercations are occurring, reducing the ability of other inmates to join into the physical altercation. When inmates are placed in a large gymnasium, the staff has no ability to isolate inmate’s mobility within the gym or to prevent other inmates to freely join into the altercation. The situation then challenges officers to respond with more force to effectively deescalate the altercation because they do not have the means to remove the inmates from the rest of the population. They are now faced with utilizing immediate impact weapons such as pepper spray, batons, tasers and pepper balls that could ultimately cause an uproar throughout the rest of the population. The correctional facility is built to accommodate to the officers as where a gym is an open invite for trouble to arise and the situation to go downhill in a …show more content…
When the original correctional institutions were being developed the blueprints never addressed what features would be required with a female inmate population. Mainly, because the female inmate population as so low back then. However, now that we have seen a considerable increase in the number of females placed within the correctional system, the need to meet the needs of these inmates has been a challenge that has yet been remedied. In 2009, 114,852 women were incarcerated within the state and federal prisons (Schmalleger, 2012). This accounted for 7% of the inmates currently serving time for criminal charges. Women in prison have special needs that are not always readily available within the facility in which they are serving time. Conditions such as pregnancy and prenatal care which were not taken into consideration as prisons were built, account for a large portion of funding being allocated to health care of both the mother and child, as well as placement procedures to place the child after birth. Potential mental problems, such as post pardon depress that is amplified as the mother will be separated from her child and now having to recover within the confines of a prison. The money directed to the overall care and treatment for pregnant women is taken from funding to contribute to rehabilitation of inmates. This is not to mention the money that will have to be