Corrections

The book Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It divides into three parts: “Harsh Prison Conditions,” “The Human Damage,” and “The Alternative to Solitary.” In the first section, author Terry Allen Kupers explores the rise of supermax prisons and the normalization of long-term solitary confinement. Throughout the book, Kupers examines how isolation damages people’s psyches and its connections to race, violence, and gender. In the final section, Kupers requests…

work skills which will help them avoid criminal activities. The imprisonment makes them realize that they committed an offense thus they will avoid repeating it upon the release 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…

productive citizen. There are many different things such as probation, home confinement, and boot camp to help them get a second chance to change their lives around. The first alternative to prison for juveniles is probation also known as community corrections. During this the individual is allow out of prison but as a curfew and does community service to pay back there debt to society for the wrong they have done. They also have to report to a probation officer monthly or however the courts…

There are several challenges that elderly inmates pose for institutions. One of the first things to realize is the population of elderly inmates is increasing at a very fast rate (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). Knowing this, experts have made an argument for housing the elderly inmates separate from other prisoners (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). This would allow the facilities to better care and provide the appropriate treatment for the differences in age of inmates (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015).…

(2017). Nursing Behind Bars: The Differences Between Jail and Prison. Journal Of Legal Nurse Consulting, 28(1), 22-25. Schmalleger, F., & Smykla, J. O. (2015). Corrections in the 21st century (7th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill…

The needs in my Brooklyn community as well as others that are effected by the changes happening among minority adolescents and young men is evident by the increase population in the correctional facilities. Some blame the behavioral changes on ineffective parenting skills, poor supervision, rejection from the family, parents not caring enough to have consistent discipline or no discipline, also many children are born from adolescents or teen parents which is factor of poor parenting skills…

I believe that the biggest legal liability in corrections today is the assessment, treatment, and management of those with mental illness. At this point in time, the legal system seems to be swamped with court cases regarding law enforcement and correctional facilities versus the treatment of mentally ill persons. In a 2006 Justice Department analysis, it was concluded that 1.2 million people that are in either state, local or federal custody reported some kind of mental health problem. What is…

rehabilitation, this type of sentencing model channels the underlying causes of crime in order to reduce future offending (Worrall, 2015). In colonial times, sentencing was solely on retributive and later on deterrence. However in the late 1800's, sentencing became premised on rehabilitation. This then led to a system of punishment called indeterminate sentencing. Sentencing often had wide ranges involving minimum and maximum terms that could sentence someone as little as a day to life in prison…

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.…

Criminal justice system entails correction of behaviors among other duties, when they fully understand the entire process; such groups of people will be in a position to help the victims of crime from recommitting such a crime, through counseling sections and proper understanding of the…