Classification of inmates can be advantageous in that it provides a needs and risk assessment by which the facility can house / classify and attempt to provide treatments/ programs to fulfill court ordered requirements or assist inmates in obtaining skills for obtaining employment or successful re-entry into society upon completion of their sentence.
As inmates are received into correctional facilities they are subjected to a battery of test, both psychological and medical. These tests are used to determine whether the inmate has contracted or is hosting any communicable diseases which could spread to other inmates, has medical issues for which the facility will need to make accommodations for (medically or physically), psychological (mental) accommodations if the inmate is deemed at risk for general population, to determine security risk and classification, and treatment programs. As indicated by Bartollas and Siegel, these assessments “include such factors as criminal history, education/employment, leisure /recreation activities, companions, alcohol/drug use, and emotional /personal state (2013). …show more content…
SENTRY” provides immediate access to current institutional population or community facility population…calculates all aspects of inmates’ sentences… identifies inmates the court has determined need special evaluation, such as the need to separate inmates who have threatened each other, and records inmates participation in disruptive groups and street gangs” (Bartollas,
As inmates are received into correctional facilities they are subjected to a battery of test, both psychological and medical. These tests are used to determine whether the inmate has contracted or is hosting any communicable diseases which could spread to other inmates, has medical issues for which the facility will need to make accommodations for (medically or physically), psychological (mental) accommodations if the inmate is deemed at risk for general population, to determine security risk and classification, and treatment programs. As indicated by Bartollas and Siegel, these assessments “include such factors as criminal history, education/employment, leisure /recreation activities, companions, alcohol/drug use, and emotional /personal state (2013). …show more content…
SENTRY” provides immediate access to current institutional population or community facility population…calculates all aspects of inmates’ sentences… identifies inmates the court has determined need special evaluation, such as the need to separate inmates who have threatened each other, and records inmates participation in disruptive groups and street gangs” (Bartollas,