Corrections officer

Retribution and Rehabilitation Looking at both sides of an imposed sentence can be tricky. On the retribution side of sentencing a judge or magistrate may feel the offender deserves the sentence for the crime they stand before them on without looking at the recidivism possibility. Often, when a judge or magistrate looks at the possibility of recidivism, they tend to learn towards a sentence structured around rehabilitation to help reduce the offender’s chance of committing crimes in the…

Learning about special corrections and special problems concerning to juveniles and female prisoners helped me learn more regarding to this topics. The Federal Bureau has a Central Office, community corrections office, one hundred and sixteen institutions, and six regional offices. The Bureau helps to protects public safety and ensures that federal offenders serve their sentence of imprisonment in establishments that are properly secure, safe, cost efficient, and humane. “The Bureau is…

Three major sources of stress to the correctional officers, their impacts on the inmates, and how the correctional officers cope with their stress: Correctional officers have been facing a lot of stress in their work due to various reasons. Three of the major sources of stress to the correction officers are: i)the harsh physical conditions of the prisons, ii)the violence which results from the inmates and iii)the tiredness which results from their difficult work. These sources of stress have had…

Fourth, a prison industrial complex has emerged. The method that I believe is most important to controlling prison crowding is by reducing the number of people who go to prison by making more use of front-end strategies such as diversion, community corrections, and intermediate sanctions. I strongly believe that if you…

correctional institutions, the living conditions of prisoners are beyond harsh and are constantly ignored. Officials and correctional officers have been known to look the other way due to bribery. "You have learned that your captain and several other fellow officers are taking bribes from inmates" (A Legacy of Corruption, VI, pg.…

inmates is necessary to make the environment safer for staff, visitors and inmates alike. As I read various articles and listened to news reports about the corruption and violence at Rikers Island, I see the linkage between the Department of Correction and Rikers Island Prosecution Bureau as an effective management move.…

When looking at correctional training, we have to realize that each department is working on a budget and that budget must be maintained by the leadership or the organization (Bigley & Roberts, 2001). When looking at the amount of money that department has for training, we must look at all of the training that is needed for the department. We can see that there will be a substantial need for training of new staff members, there will be in-service training for current employees, and we will see…

Michelle King Criminal Justice 1010 TR 4-5:15 11/12/14 Chapter 11 Reflection Jails: Jails are usually local accommodations that only house criminals who are either waiting for their trial, or have committed a minor crime, and therefore have short sentences. These inmates are often entering the system for the first time and tend to me young, poor, and uneducated. Maximum Security Prisons: Prisons house criminals for more serious crimes that require a sentence of over one year. Maximum security…

prisons. There are things that can be done to help this situation with currently incarcerated prisoners and thing to help prevent it to continuing to happen. With prisons and jails being overcrowded it can affect not only the prisoners and the correction officers that are in that are inside, it also affects the community as a whole. In the perspective of an investigator, they see the effects that prison overcrowding does on the community more than they do inside a prison. With the way thing are…

The four general principles of effective intervention that have become organizing concepts of community correction include community corrections principles of risk, criminogenic need, treatment, and fidelity. As we know, Criminal Rehabilitation is a vital component in society. Thus, if a criminal can successfully rehabilitate after committing a crime, then they have the opportunity to give back to their community and even to help deter others from following a similar path. These four methods…