Corrections officer

Abstract This paper focuses on the process of mentally disordered offenders in the criminal justice system. Offenders who possess mental illness have a unique set of circumstances and needs which will be discussed in this paper. The elements examined in this paper are based in the process of offenders with mental illness and the needed treatment. The elements include the offenders with mental illness, the different type of treatment, issues concerning their treatment, the mental health…

prison populations. Ultimately, these facts suggest that imprisonment is following a trend of upward growth. Yet this growth in prison populations impedes the state’s ability to respond effectively. For example, in Winn Correctional Centre, corrections officers receive only four weeks of training, which betrays the extent of how ill-equipped prisons are (Bauer, 2016). Moreover, this growth in prison populations plants the seeds of ‘legal cynicism’ amongst over-policed vulnerable communities…

until now, I have always thought that the courts were just and law enforcement officers stood for something more, that is not the case to me. I see a lot of corruption and a lot of nonsense, Especially towards minorities. Anyway, before my disinterest in corrections, I interviewed my father and my brother who are Correctional Officers for the state of California. My father worked for the Department of Corrections for 26 years, he recently retired this year. I had asked him if he enjoyed it,…

According to the New York City Department of Correction website the origin of probation can also be traced to the English criminal law. Lets keep in mind that we can also trace our law enforcement formation to the English system. Probation is a form of punishment for those that commit a crime but the crime is not as serious like a felony. Our first true probation officer was John August he is known as the “The Father of Probation’. The NYC probation website state that he believe that people for…

determined by studying past data and then appropriately adjusting to lessen weaknesses in past outcomes. But arguably the most valuable resource available in the implementation of such program adjustments is the opinions of all involved (corrections officers, parole officers, future parolees, etc.). And this approach to collecting data by simply talking to those involved is also obviously…

to police officers arresting criminals for even the pettiest of offenses. The overcrowding in prisons was derived from the very costly War on Drugs, the Get Tough on Crime movement, which encouraged the state of California’s three strikes law, and lastly the lack of funding for the United States Department of Corrections. The overcrowding of prisons has led to a number of understaffed facilities and several prisons that are considered unsafe for the inmates and the correctional officers.…

Objectives and Efficiency of Community Corrections Community Corrections are programs such as probation and parole whose main objective is to oversee offenders who have been reentered into the community as a part of their sentence. A basic understanding of the definitions of probation and parole are necessary before analyzing their differences and similarities. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics “[probation] refers to adult offenders whom courts place on supervision in the community…

Correctional knowledge by the public is heavily based on media portrayals of the prison system. The media utilizes four main types of prison film narratives to tell the stories of inmates and the corrections system. The first type of prison narrative is the “nature of confinement” prison film (Surette, 2015). In this narrative, the prisoners are portrayed as victims of injustice, often have been framed for a crime they did not commit, a chance accident, or pushed into crime by forces beyond…

from the prison (United Nations, 2005). The inmates are guarded by correction officers who ensure that they get their rights and at the same time maintain law and order within the prisons. The two aspects must be balanced. This paper will look into ways by which…

According to a poll of correctional officers in Florida prisons, about 12% (possibly higher) considered the lack of good employees to be the most important issue facing the system. For comparison, the highest value, or prison overcrowding, sits at around 14%. Unlike overcrowding however, it…