The Inmates

penitentiary was the result of diminishing solidarity between the administration and the inmates. Both of the selected scholars use their interpretation of contemporary breakdown theory to further their understanding of how riots form. Bert Useem directly applies his interpretation of breakdown theory to the NM prison riot. As solitary confinement began to evaporate in the overstocked penitentiary, the inmates felt the prison had become increasingly more uncomfortable in terms of safety. In direct interviews with some of the surviving inmates, Useem provides evidence for the ‘breakdown’ of the prison’s, once stable, processes. “Although all inmates experience a profound deprivation by virtue of their imprisonment, inmates do develop standards of just deprivation. It is the violation of these standards which, as in the non-prison world, is hypothesized to motivate protest.” (Useem 1982) Both the inmate and guard interviews support a deprivation explanation of the riot. Most inmates reported that the conditions in the penitentiary…

generations come into this world, adapting and finding their place in society. However, some may never find their place. There is a constant effort to escape from the outside world and to feel safe again within a structured environment. Randle McMurphy, Chief Bromden and the other inmates encounter this conflict of conformity.…

my background check was cleared. It took a while, but once that was done, I went and got my badge. The first thing I remember seeing that day as I walked inside the jail for the first time was an inmate sitting on a restraint chair and his face was covered so he wouldn’t spit on someone. The guy just kept moving and looking around. To me it seemed like he was on medications and without any idea of what was going on. Later during that same day while I was at the office a detention officer came in…

being administered by the medical facility to the inmate and other medical personnel. Then the over watch officer ensures the perimeter distance is sustained at all times and checks to see if the inmate has swallow their medication by opening their mouth and physically showing that they swallowed the medication. However, it is not required that the inmate must take their prescribed medication by the medical staff. Like in the constitution, even an inmate has rights to refuse medical treatment at…

After his book was published, Osborne was appointed Warden of Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York, on December 1, 1914, replacing Judge George S. Weed. Sing Sing was built on the east bank of the Hudson River, approximately 30 miles north of NYC. The original cell block was built by prisoners from Auburn Prison in 1825. Although Osborne had tried to change the worst conditions in New York state prisons while he was the chair of the governor’s commission, still when he arrived at Sing Sing it…

competency fall into the hands of those inmates who are working within the group to accomplish similar set of goals. The ground rules of the group will be set in the beginning of each session, confidentiality will be a primary enforcement within the group to keep each inmate’s personal information and feeling confidential within the group, the group social worker, and the co-facilitator. The process of here and now interactions will input clarity to help the inmates communicate effectively,…

Attica, directed by Marvin J. Chomsky in 1980, covers the riot caused by inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, NY. The riot lasted four days and was due to poor treatment of the prisoners by guards. While watching the documentary, it seemed that the whole thing could have been prevented in multiple ways. It may have never happened if the prisoners were treated adequately in the first place, it may have been stopped peacefully if the inmates would have come to an agreement with…

In his letters and writings, Stroman offer a detailed portrait of his life inside the prison. He mentioned that his days began around 3:00 a.m. with banging and slamming of steel gates and doors. Later, each inmate has a bathroom sized cell. Even in his deepest sleep he could feel vibration in his body. Later, the guard would bark, “Chow Time! Chow Time! Lights on if you are eating.” Further Mark said, there was not much time to snap out of bed and secure the breakfast. If by any chance, the…

You give clear, concise commands to the inmates and you are able to reason with them to accomplish your goals. You are also firm, fair and consistent when dealing with inmates. All Incident Reports and Disciplinary Action Reports that you have completed were submitted as soon as possible. The written reports you have submitted to me have had only a few instances of spelling and grammar errors. When you have been asked to undertake additional duties besides the ones you have been assigned, you…

desensitized him from his old ways and paralyzed him by his new “mental configuration”. This was a guy know for being belligerent and using force against officers and causing other disturbances. He even tolerated someone calling him a “black son of a bitch”(Knight 195). Another effect of them treatment and perhaps the effect behind his indifference was mental sluggishness-“it took Hard Rock exactly 3 minutes to tell you his first name”(Knight 195). The inmates thought he “had just wised up”…