Having extra staff at the correctional facilities is really important because our correctional personnel are constantly putting their lives on the line everyday they go into work even more so because they are outnumbered by the inmates. As mentioned previously the average ratio is 1 correctional staff member to about 150 inmates, now when those inmates are in their groups or “gangs” then the staff is even more outnumbered. There are several violent incidents that occur within BOP Pollock most are inmate-on-inmate however there are times where it is inmate-on-staff. Typically when an incident does occur it is more than one inmate attacking a single inmate they beat up each other in groups. According to Fornicola (2013), a correctional officer
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The socialization process of becoming a gang member required a change in the subjects’ self-perception. He retains many of his idiosyncrasies, but develops a new set of values and different criteria of judgment.
A good portion of all gang violence can be attributed to threats to one’s status within the gang. Because this is a primary group, the approval of gang peers is highly important. It is this expressive reason for remaining in a gang that may help to explain gang crime and violence, especially as it relates to socialization. If a gang member does not comply with gang role expectations when they are challenged, the result may be a loss of …show more content…
According to gang members disrespect or rejection of self-professed identity claims by others, often was the cause of violence. Individually or collectively, rival gang members constantly pose a physical threat.
According to the law, correctional officers do not have to intervene when there is inmate-on-inmate violence. The only time an officer would have to intervene before receiving adequate back up in order to control the situation is if another officer is being attacked. This is for the protection of the correctional officers because they are so outnumbered if one officer tries to break up an altercation than more than likely more inmates will join in and the officer could suffer serious injuries before help arrives.
According to Fornicola (2013), the assault continues a dangerous outbreak of violence in BOP, particularly at USP – Pollock. Cory Barron, a correctional officer at the facility, was assaulted by an inmate in April 2013 while investigating suspicious activity in a cell. An inmate struck Barron in the head with a lock and continued to assault the officer until additional staff members, armed with pepper spray,
The socialization process of becoming a gang member required a change in the subjects’ self-perception. He retains many of his idiosyncrasies, but develops a new set of values and different criteria of judgment.
A good portion of all gang violence can be attributed to threats to one’s status within the gang. Because this is a primary group, the approval of gang peers is highly important. It is this expressive reason for remaining in a gang that may help to explain gang crime and violence, especially as it relates to socialization. If a gang member does not comply with gang role expectations when they are challenged, the result may be a loss of …show more content…
According to gang members disrespect or rejection of self-professed identity claims by others, often was the cause of violence. Individually or collectively, rival gang members constantly pose a physical threat.
According to the law, correctional officers do not have to intervene when there is inmate-on-inmate violence. The only time an officer would have to intervene before receiving adequate back up in order to control the situation is if another officer is being attacked. This is for the protection of the correctional officers because they are so outnumbered if one officer tries to break up an altercation than more than likely more inmates will join in and the officer could suffer serious injuries before help arrives.
According to Fornicola (2013), the assault continues a dangerous outbreak of violence in BOP, particularly at USP – Pollock. Cory Barron, a correctional officer at the facility, was assaulted by an inmate in April 2013 while investigating suspicious activity in a cell. An inmate struck Barron in the head with a lock and continued to assault the officer until additional staff members, armed with pepper spray,