Corrections officer

The significance of MRSA infections within correctional facilities is exposure to the general public. According to Malcolm (2011), each year nearly 600,000 state prison inmates are released into to the community annually. Specifically, Malcolm (2011) has reported MRSA, as an outbreak is prisons located in California, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, and Mississippi. It is important to note that the outbreaks not only suggested an extremely high prevalence of MRSA in correctional populations with in the…

A social function helps assert our lives that are guided or directed by a social structure. Functions justifies the way things are in our society and how it shapes our everyday lives. One social function is the Police and Criminal Justice System which serves beneficial purposes in society. The functionality of these two systems is that it reduces crime rates and individuals from violating laws in society. Without these systems, society would not function properly because of the lack of…

The success revealed that research of recidivism of prisons in achieving deterrence and rehabilitation found that the majority of the inmates will not return to criminal activity. The research also shows that 3 out of every ten inmates will return to prison within four years. There have been numerous amounts of studies which revealed that recidivism remains steady. What the best indicator of an inmate would return to prison was the number of crimes that he has committed in the past. Probation…

Sociologists and many criminologists do suggest that prison works and the effectiveness of offenders going to prison is a positive thing. It has been said that prisons are effective and help prisoners change from criminals to law abiding citizens. (Goodman 2006) One of the aims which prisons set out to do is to rehabilitate the individuals in order for them to become a better person when they leave and also to try and stop them from re offending. There are course now in prisons which helps…

Prisoner rights are a controversial topic because it is unclear what rights prisoners deserve and do not deserve. The strongest counter argument is the inmates broke the law, which is suggesting breaking the law determines what rights a criminal will have and criminals will not have. However, in my view, prisoners are people, even though they made wrong choices. Therefore, I maintain prisoners do deserve to have better rights. However, inmates broke the law. In the article, “On the Rights of…

Juvenile crime is one of the nation's serious problems. Concern about it is widely shared by federal, state, and local government officials and by the public. In recent years, this concern has grown with the dramatic rise in juvenile violence that began in the mid-1980s and peaked in the early 1990s. Although juvenile crime rates appear to have fallen since the mid-1990s, this decrease has not alleviated the concern. Many states began taking a tougher legislative stance toward juveniles in the…

Pregnancy in Prison and The Effect of the Prison Environment Every single day in America there are more than 205,000 women incarcerated in prisons and local jails. A study by Maruschak, L. (2008) shows that out of those 205,000, approximately 1 in 25 women (in state prisons) and 1 in 33 (in federal prison) are pregnant when admitted to prison. The sudden increase of female offenders in prisons and jails has sparked conversation surrounding the medical treatment required and the policies that…

1. What is the mission of corrections? The mission of the corrections has traditionally been to implement court-prescribed sentences for criminal violators or to carry out the sentence of the court. 2. Describe the differences in the Pennsylvania and Auburn systems. Pennsylvania system was known as the “separate but silent” system. Inmates were not allowed to see or talk to one another. Pennsylvania was more expensive to operate, and there was no production of foods for resale as desired.…

From my observations, although the officers are in violent, dangerous, and disordered crowds there can be order and control in these environments. Many of the inmates want to finish their time or even shorten it with good behavior. They don’t want any of their privileges to be taken away since they already reside in an inhumane environment. The officers can easily revoke the inmate of his/her privileges or even put them in a secluded cell. Order in the prison or jail can easily be given once…

There are a variety of different barriers preventing certain populations from attaining access to dental care. One underserved group many individuals overlook when thinking about dental care is prison inmates. Just because they are behind bars does not mean they should be denied adequate dental care. Although there are many dental programs working with prisons to ensure they receive care, there is a higher demand for dental employees in prisons now than there ever was before. According to a…