Inmate Reports Samples For Students

Constitutional Standards

Deliberate indifference refers to act that is more than mere negligence but one that is less than a specific intention to harm inmate or inmates. It also refers to an act of reckless behavior without considerations of the consequences of one's actions. For prison officials to be accused of deliberate indifference, they must have prior knowledge towards the security status of an inmate, and they fail to act upon discovering that an inmate’s security is under threat and facing substantial harm. Failing to take steps to overcome this is an act of deliberate indifference. Some inmates may require particular ...

Introduction

Every criminal justice system in the world is characterized by policy and procedure directives that ensures that all the actions and processes in this system are within the constitutional and legal confines. The policy and procedure are enacted to ensure that the constitutional rights of stakeholders are not infringed upon when these individuals are exposed to a particular criminal justice process. Unfortunately, there arises some situations in the course of disseminating justice where some actions cause massive legal disagreements. An individual who has been subjected to a particular process may claim that the process was unconstitutional or that his rights were ...

Chronological Age: 50

Referral Source: Attorney
Primary Evaluator: X
Secondary Evaluator: X
Testing dates:
Reason for Referral
LC was referred by attorney X who requested information and comments regarding this client’s competency to stand trial and state of mind at the time of the crime.

Presenting Problem

LC is a 50-year-old African American male with a long history of psychiatric problems. He is from the LA County Jail, August 7 through August 15, 20__ and he experienced difficulties adjusting to prison. While in prison, LC was observed to be “agitated, belligerent, demanding and made verbal threats to a custody officer.” He ...

As I prepare my program, I expect callers to ask questions regarding this subject such as:

1) Should the community correction policy be purposed to watch over an inmate’s behavior?
In case an offender has been taken to prison, watching over the inmate is essential in order to prevent them to engage in fights or uncouth behavior. It’s the role of the correctional officer to prevent the prisoners from escaping from the prison.
2) Who should be responsible in admitting and discharging the inmates in and out of the prison?
When a person is taken into custody, there is a need to have proper records of the person. The correction policy will ...

Law and order – have always preserved the world from total chaos. From the dawn of the civilization special rules, which were later developed into laws were created to regulate the relations between different individuals within the state. This is the only way to keep things in the society under the control. Nowadays, it is impossible to imagine the world without jurisdiction, modern criminalistics and forensic science and other essential bodies that control order and justice within the country.
As a result specific correctional institutions were created. There are two main types – jails and prisons. The only difference between them ...

More than often, variety of programs, facilities, services and organizations remain responsible for the supervision and correctional action undertaken upon individuals within the society who have been convicted of criminal offenses. More significantly, correctional actions and practices, undertaken by individuals and institutions who are premeditated to ensure conformity with the norms and rules of society leads to adoption of either authoritarian, bureaucratic or participative model. Notably, correctional process undertaken ensures adherence to improved quality life through a complicated web of disparate processes that mainly focus on adherence to fair punishment and community protection among the convicts. Considerably, it is essential ...

Rape in prisons refers the rape of inmates by other inmates. Recently, rape cases have been on the rise in many American prisons. Rape in prisons has turned out to be a culture, but still the officials in this field have not fully addressed the matter. The act is seriously inhuman, and it should be stopped at all costs. Research shows that rape cases take place about twice per week in Arkansas State penitentiary, in the United States (Casella & Ridgeway, 2010). This is only an overview of the matter. In other prisons, the matter of rape is more severe with ...