Subject was received into the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations (CDCR) on February 16, 2000 for burglary in the 1st as a third striker. Subject arrived at CCI on July 7, 2015. Subject will be housed in Administrative Segregation Unit (ASU) placement in Facility A Housing Unit 6 cell B 106L, for self-expressed safety concerns. Subject explained that he was assigned as a porter in Facility A Housing Unit 3, and that Officer Lopez caught him with a kite/note that he was supposed to take to Inmate with the aka of “Black” in A section cell 106.…
The research in this article focused on the effectiveness of prison based treatment for incarcerated inmates at the Amity Prison in California using the Therapeutic Community (TC) treatment module. Participating inmates did so voluntarily; however, the inmate assigned to either the treatment group or the control group was random. The selected inmates had between 9-12 months remaining on their prison sentence. In addition to the treatment the inmates received in prison, once they were released from custody, those in the treatment group had the opportunity to continue to engage in residential treatment at an Amity Therapeutic Community aftercare center for an additionally 6-12 months of treatment.…
As a former employee of the Investigation unit, I know that many criminal acts by inmates go unpunished. I used to work at any agency that would that had turkey farms. The problem employees who were civil servants weren’t disciplined and would receive a satisfactory grade on their annual evaluation. Not only that, they were usually transferred from borough to borough. Their behavior didn’t change because they were given a fee pass and weren’t reprimanded or fronted about their behavior.…
Commerce law assessment task 3- Lachlan O’Malley Mandatory Sentencing in New South Wales 1. Mandatory Sentencing- a mandatory sentence is a court decision where legal discretion is limited by law. Most frequently, people convicted of certain crimes such as armed robbery or murder must be punished with at least a minimum number of years set in prison. 2.…
Finally, months have passed since our media have published a chilling inside story of the life in the Sonoma County jail (Main Adult Detention Facility) that remained unsolved by experts for years. The most important subject publicized from this magnificent source, was that this immoral county jail has lacked the quality of serious attention for prisoners with mental health disabilities. There are mental health resources in the Sonoma County jail. These programs are available for ordinary inmates in certain modules, but restricted for disoriented inmates that would benefit through these therapeutic programs. These mentally ill inmates who need excessive therapy and support locked away and neglected in segregation for days, months or many years, causing psychological and physical deterioration.…
Case A The French came up with medical parole in 2002 (Steiner, 2003). Yes, Tony should be released on medical parole. Tony’s brain cancer is a terminal illness. He is bedridden and on life support.…
Private prisons lobby for harsh criminal laws to increase profit at the cost of inmates’ wellbeing. In 1998 election cycle, private prisons contributed $540,000 to 361 politicians (Anderson, 2009). Bribes were also used as method to encourage private prisons. In 2009, two Pennsylvania judges received $2.6 million to oppose alternative and lenient sentences for juveniles (Anderson, 2009) Incarceration negatively affects recidivism rates (Anderson, 2009).…
Module 3 Assignment 1 Discussion Michael Jones 6/12/2016 9:48:36 PM The State Of California Parole Procedures: The Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) conducts parole consideration hearings, parole rescission hearings and parole progress hearings for adult inmates and parolees under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The duties of the BPH also include, but are not limited to, mentally disordered offender and sexually violent predator screenings and hearings, investigation of requests for pardons, reprieves and commutation of sentences and foreign prisoner transfer requests. The BPH workforce includes twelve commissioners, appointed by the Governor and subject to Senate confirmation, deputy commissioners who are civil servants and administrative and legal staff.…
In order to prepare for this experience I made sure to complete it on a day where I had no school or work obligations. I also decided to do it the day before Thanksgiving so the next day would make up for the lack of human contact, food, and restricted activities. As for the mental and emotional aspect, I was not too worried and I did not feel as though I needed some sort of preparation. I tend to spend a lot of time alone in a small room. My main concern was definitely not being able to use electronics and the restricted bathroom and water breaks.…
Evaluators often find themselves in ethical conflicts seldom experienced by social scientists employed in basic research, when dealing with a project that might not furnish a result. The textbook presents a magnificently detailed question and statement. If a firm’s staff is interested in winning a contract to evaluate an early parole program recently approved by the state legislature. The central question is whether early parole leads to better outcomes, after released from the custody of the prison institution and after servicing a greater portion of their sentences. Should the colleagues prepare a proposal even though they recognize that it is unimaginable to manage what the legislators want?…
Review the principles of effective correctional intervention as defined by Gendreau on page 105 of your textbook (Alarid, 2015). As explained by Alarid (2015), these principles are the basis for evidence-based practices, which are those interventions utilized with criminal justice clients that have been found through empirical testing to be effective in reducing recidivism rates with those clients. Do some online research, and identify a local anger management, domestic violence, or substance abuse counseling program in your area. Explain how that program addresses principles one through seven, and identify the principles, if any, that are missing in the program of your choice. Make sure to include a reference to the website that you review…
Parole / Corrections Officers The American Correctional Association stated that Parole Officers or Corrections officers have one of the highest rates of nonfatal, work-related injuries compared to all of U.S. workers. Almost forty percent of injuries are a result of physical assaults, confrontations with inmates and other acts of violence. Working with recently arrested individuals, as well as people awaiting trial or already serving prison sentences, is just one part of the job for corrections officers. Their main goal to keep offenders from repeating past crimes or violating parole and ending up returning to prison.…
Does Parole Work? Parole is a prime example of the reintegration program used by the criminal justice system. It releases the offenders back into society many of them are placed on parole as a proper form of punishment instead of having them crowding the prisons. Parolees, The Bureau of Justice Statistics tracking of parolees that found that 62% of parolees were rearrested within three years of their release (Worrall 210).With so many forms of parole from diversion programs, boot camps, house arrest, electric monitoring, and rehab programs. Alexander Maconochie ran a prison in England he believed that inmates could have to be rehabilitated, so he made a program in which inmates had to earn their release.…
Probation is a sentence that takes place within the community rather than a prison. The offender is supervised by a designated probation officer who oversees the offender and enforces any conditions placed upon them by the court. It emerged as a response to the strict uniformity of penal institutions and is a move towards the individualisation of sentencing, as punishment can be tailored to the individual needs of the offender (McLaughlin and Muncie, 2001). Probation was also a response to the overriding penal concern in the 1970’s, which lasted until the early 1990’s, of reducing the prison population, this led to the introduction of an array of alternatives to custody, with the assumption that their existence would enable the courts to use imprisonment more sparingly (Newburn, 2013).…
1. Parole is conducted differently in each state (Latessa & Smith, 2011). Parole is also an important part of reentry into the community for offenders (Latessa & Smith, 2011). There are a number of factors that influence parole boards’ decisions to grant parole to an inmate. Good behavior of offenders during their incarceration time is one factor.…