The Inmates

I remember the first time I had the opportunity to work with an inmate that was classified, according to the facility, as a high-custody inmate. The section of the jail where I was counseling him had to be clear of any other inmates in order to avoid contact with other offenders. His demeanor was calm, and he did not appear to be under any distress. The purpose of our meeting was for me, as an HIV tester and counselor, to provide a service that he had requested. I had no knowledge of his crimes…

Alcatraz”, the LSD trails, and the life on “Uncle Sam’s Devil Island” are all important parts of the history of the prison. This island had the worst of the worst and it spread everyone crazy to each other and greatly hurt the mental state of the inmates who made parole. Alcatraz was originally made as a military prison in the 1860’s…

of enforced isolation on prison inmates. The first concern is the effect it has on mentally sound, healthy inmates and the second concern is the effect it has on inmates already dealing with some form of mental or physical illness. The manifestation of adverse reactions to isolation for a healthy inmate depend on factors such as the length of confinement, the individual, and the conditions of their confinement. Some of the reactions linked back to solitary inmates are paranoia, anxiety, anger,…

Inmates present a problem to the healthcare field. Thousand of people work inside the jail and prison in the healthcare field. These healthcare works try to provide excellent responsible care for theses inmates. A lot of different courts have rule that inmate health care is essential. I will provide five specific health care policies that I feel are essential to a good medical care service in a prison. 1.Inmates should have access to care. Inmates have filed law suits because of no access to…

Fresno, CA 93721. Inmate Dalerio (JID#7051330) started to talk back to Judge H. Chittick. Inmate Dalerio said to judge H. Chittick, “You are shady” and “you do not have any power.” There were another eight other inmates in the jury box and the gallery was full of spectators. The judge let inmate Dalerio say her statements and at this point she was walking out the jury box. Deputy Bare A443and I escorted inmate Dalerio out of Department 11. On the way out the back door inmate Dalerio was yelling…

We need more crazy people in our lives. They have unique character traits that bring innovative ideas in this world. However, the lack of quality reintegration for inmates results in the feeling of lost which ends being sent back to prison. I had the great privilege of having a guest speaker, who was in prison for 20 years, in my criminal justice class. He volunteered in his community to make a change in prision system after he was released from prison. Although he was successful in finding…

On 04/05/2016 I spoke to Inmate Dennis about the incident on 04/03/2016. The conversation was digitally recorded. I asked Inmate Dennis if he still wished to file a formal complaint with me regarding Officer Park’s use of force. Inmate Dennis replied, “Yes.” I asked Inmate Dennis if he could give me his version of the events on 04/03/2016. Inmate Dennis replied that he was returning to his assigned cell from the recreation yard after the pod search. Inmate Dennis stated that that he did…

correctional facilities, some inmates have rationalized their sexual behaviors when incarcerated (Marcum 2014). In an attempt to acclimate and survive in a turbulent, violent environment, some inmates have adopted a new (social) role (Blackburn, Fowler, and Mullings 2014). Sexual orientation is one aspect that has been documented to be rather fluid among inmates once they have adjusted to the prison lifestyle (Hensley, Tewksbury, and Wright 2001). To demonstrate, some inmates have identified as…

In this research we will examine participants in an interview about their ideas on some inmates and about their sentences and for the charge they had. To do this we will use the In-Depth Interview to get my information and using the labeling theory to help me find my answers. My hypothesis is finding out if people care about what types of punishment is handed out to certain sentences and if people believe some punishments are harsher than others. We do believe that people will have many…

Disabled Inmates:The Struggle of Adapting According to a report by the U.S. Department of Justice about 40% of females and 31% of males in prison are reported to have some kind of disability. This is very significant as disabled inmates struggle the most in adapting to the prison environment, due to the lack of equipment and funding available in the correction system. Prison population has always been a topic in today's political topics. According to the journal for every specific number of…