Review: Lessons in Corrections: A Report Submitted to the
Commission on Safety and Abuse, Public Hearing 3
The paper submitted by Mary K. Stohr, Ph.D. gave a realistic view of how corrections facilities are run in the United States. I agree with the paper in whole, because I have been to several correctional facilities. As Stohr stated most correctional are nothing like you see on TV, even the so called reality shows like Lock-UP, Prison Tattoos, and Jail breaks only show entertainment worthy issues because if they did not, no one would watch TV shows about jail because the reality is, Jail is very boring as it is designed to be.
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The people that work in the jails are as professional as there pay permits. The less a jailers is payed, the less likely the employer is going to get a well-educated employee. One must understand that there is some risk in spending 12 hours a shift with accused and convicted criminals; that being said, a person how has a higher level of education or even a higher level of aspirations, is only going to work a low paying high stress job until they can find a better employment. The turnover rate is very high in the corrections market for the reasons I mentioned above (Low pay/ High stress). I have run across corruption in law enforcement and in the correctional facilities, but at a minimal level. We often forget that behind every uniform is a human being, and to be human is to error. There are bullies in the CJS system, but they are the same bullies in society, they just make it through the screening. From what I have seen in the CJS system or corrections system, most of the brutality that is committed is demonstrated by inmates on inmates or inmate on officer
Commission on Safety and Abuse, Public Hearing 3
The paper submitted by Mary K. Stohr, Ph.D. gave a realistic view of how corrections facilities are run in the United States. I agree with the paper in whole, because I have been to several correctional facilities. As Stohr stated most correctional are nothing like you see on TV, even the so called reality shows like Lock-UP, Prison Tattoos, and Jail breaks only show entertainment worthy issues because if they did not, no one would watch TV shows about jail because the reality is, Jail is very boring as it is designed to be.
The Fourteenth Amendment--Rights Guaranteed: Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection. …show more content…
The people that work in the jails are as professional as there pay permits. The less a jailers is payed, the less likely the employer is going to get a well-educated employee. One must understand that there is some risk in spending 12 hours a shift with accused and convicted criminals; that being said, a person how has a higher level of education or even a higher level of aspirations, is only going to work a low paying high stress job until they can find a better employment. The turnover rate is very high in the corrections market for the reasons I mentioned above (Low pay/ High stress). I have run across corruption in law enforcement and in the correctional facilities, but at a minimal level. We often forget that behind every uniform is a human being, and to be human is to error. There are bullies in the CJS system, but they are the same bullies in society, they just make it through the screening. From what I have seen in the CJS system or corrections system, most of the brutality that is committed is demonstrated by inmates on inmates or inmate on officer