The Inmates

The Farm: Life Inside Angola is a documentary that looks into the lives of 7 inmates while they serve time in one of America’s largest prisons. All of the inmates that share their story with the researchers are serving a sentence of 75 years or more. This film highlights important injustices inside institutional prison by focusing on the lives of these individuals and through highlighting racial inequality, issues in the justice system, and the true aspects of life inside Angola. Racial…

confrontation with inmates, the officer is exposed to contagious diseases. Correction officers suffer with a high level of stress due to the job duties. The officers have a high rate of smoking, heart disease,…

maintain the inmates. At the WCJ the environment is a little more laid back than at the MCJ. The MCJ can house 240 inmates whereas the WCJ can only house 72 inmates. The WCJ is overpopulated; they have 35 inmates in the MCJ and 84 inmates and their facility. The MCJ had 144 inmates in their jail, only 109 of those inmates were their own. The MCJ is larger than other facilities, so the other facilities pay them to house some of their inmates. Some of the inmates in both MCJ and WCJ are inmate…

Another program that Donovan is associated with is Self-Help and Inmate Leisure Time Activity. This is where inmates can talk about what they are dealing with such as narcotics problem alcohol addiction and criminal and gang activity. While having these programs in mates stay anonymous. They also have a type of scared straight program were inmates will scare young juvenile’s into making better decisions. They try to help them stay out of gang’s and stay…

This paper seeks to define inmates as one of the vulnerable populations that face numerous challenges because they live in detention facilities. In addition to this, this paper will identify the reason for selecting this specific population. Finally, this paper will explain the way the Active Band can help inmates in creating healthier lifestyles for themselves. Inmates are people who are detained in a correctional facility. It is obvious that inmates cannot leave the facility in which they are…

consider in advocating prison programs because they can aid inmates to function and succeed in a law abiding world. In the article, The right choices; American prisons, the anonymous author endorses prison programs decrease the number of inmates in prison. The author also acknowledges it is difficult for inmates, those who have served their time, to live a new life after being released because there are policies that punish the inmates, therefore adding more prison time. Paws for Life is a…

from 3C1 I observed inmates later identified by Armband and T-cards as Inmates Robertson, Jeffery (SPN 02735064) and Fletcher, John (SPN 01711957) fighting each other by A-cell, I then called for all available rovers to C-pod while waiting for rovers both inmates went into A-cell and continued to fight where they weren't visible due to the crowd of inmates blocking my view. Rovers Detention Officers A. Rojo EIN (142093) and B. Crespin (EIN 142656) and I arrived to separate inmates Fletcher…

The advantage of classifying prisoners have shown to become an effective measure for the well being and security of both the inmates and the staff, Through the classification process an inmate is assessed and maybe directed to a unit that maybe more effective or compatible to the inmate. Classification officer may screen an inmate and take into account the inmates health, traits, background, social history, work qualities, characteristics, nature of the crime committed psychological conditions…

roughly a 2.4 percentage point difference. The 1994 study was researched among 15 states and was compared with the same states of the 30 states that participated in 2005 which resulted in a comparison of 12 states. Out of the sample size of 249,657 inmates that were released in 1994 had a recidivism estimated at 66.9% within 3 years of release, whereas the study in 2005 had an estimated of 69.3%. Clearly there is not much a change that had occurred over the years of these similar studies. What…

correctional units face with the rehabilitation in our prison systems, the entire system needs to be re-evaluated and corrected. Many enforcement areas and jurisdictions lack the resources to handle the intake of inmates that they have. Finding alternative sentencing and community to inmate programs will drastically improve this area, such as prison overcrowding and the rate of recidivism. By reducing the population in jails and prisons with alternative methods, local, state, and federal…