Essays on Correctional Facility

Teen drug addiction is a major problem present in the society, and delinquent youth often end up relapsing into their addiction after they have been undergoing treatment and have stayed in a correctional facility. It is true to the extent that many youths who have been admitted to juvenile correctional facilities have faced educational, financial and family issues which have made them delinquent and residing to drugs. Amongst those in the facility and under judicial orders were those, who were regular drug abusers and were found guilty on multiple occasions. Relapsing into a former condition will have various factors ...

BUSINESS: UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES

L. Dennis Kozlowski, CEO of Tyco International Scandal A fish rots from the top down. This phrase sums up the scandal of Tyco International when its CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, was found guilty on many fraudulent accounts. His actions were in direct violation of the accounting ethics. Kozlowski was arrested along with many of his company officials as partners in crime. When the CEO of a company is involved in violating code of ethics and professionalism, the employees and subordinates find it convenient to follow suit. Former chief executive and chairman of Tyco International, Dennis Kozlowski and firm’s CFO ...

According to Mackenzie (2002) about five million or more individuals are under criminal justice system supervision and authority in the United States of America. Close to 1.6 million are housed in local, state or federal correctional facilities. An estimated 70% of these individuals are supervised in either probation or parole, which are forms of community corrections. The suggestion here is that a large part of the correctional population at any one point is under the supervision of corrections in the United States (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997). About 3.8 individuals both men and women are in community parole and ...

What is considered a serious medical need, how prison authorities make this determination?

In a correctional facility, prisoners have different health related issues. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the jail authorities to determine the validity of the numerous health cases as some prisoners always fake being sick. A prisoner is considered to have a severe medical need if he or she has been diagnosed by a physician (Scott, 2010). The physician should carry out tests on the prisoner to determine if the prisoner is indeed sick. In the case a prisoner feels ill; the prisoner should report to the prison authority this medical condition. Besides, the prison authorities should act promptly ...

Parole officers work in either a correctional facility or serve the community. This discussion focuses on the roles of a parole officer attached to a correctional facility, and the importance he or she helps towards steering the convicts in the right step of life. Principally, a parole officer manages and supervises multiple offenders, and ensures their behavior soundness (Gaines, & Miller, 2009). Besides, these officers work within the stipulated policy framework to provide judgments and follow-ups on the behavioral trends of the convicts. Also, the officer ensures closer contact with the offender while maintaining high level of management and supervision. ...

Reference 1

Lambert, E. G., Minor, K. I., Gordon, J., Wells, J. B., and Hogan, N. L. (2016). Exploring the Correlates of Perceived Job Dangerousness Among Correctional Staff at a Maximum Security Prison. Criminal Justice Policy Review. 00 (0). DOI: 10.1177/0887403415623618. The signs of mental health disorders do not reveal themselves at work most of the time. Only in rare and isolated instances, will the potency of the problems manifest. In addition, the other correctional officers and staff might not have adequate knowledge to corroborate evidence. Hence, this peer-reviewed paper will provide the parameters for testing. The variables, components, variances, and ...

A recent quality improvement process implemented in the correctional facility that I practice in was aimed at reducing medication errors in treatment regimens. The data for this was gathered by accessing the records on medication errors, and then comparing these results with the number of medication errors after the quality improvement measure was implemented. This was a fairly simple procedure because the records were already existing, and it just required the implementation of a new barcode system to allow for comparing results. The data gathered was used to make an assessment of whether this new barcode system had a ...

International Trends in Correctional Facilities

Private correctional facilities are gaining popularity by governments in many parts of the world. A private correctional facility (prison, detention or jail) refers to a place where individuals are physically in facilities provided by a third party or a private entity through contractual agreements with the local or national government. The government pays the private entity a monthly rate or per diem per prisoner. Privatization may also refer to take over of existing public correctional or the building of new facilities by private entities. Privatization dates back to the days of the American Revolution whereby Great Britain, US colonizers, ...

Mental Illness Among Criminals

The prison systems have been over populated by many criminals in our country. The increasing rate of prisoners who have been diagnosed with mental illness is increasing. Many criminals have either been diagnosed with mental illness before being arrested and put into prison or they were diagnosed with mental issues after being incarcerated. The inmates with mental illness while committing crimes may have done so because of their illness. The people who were incarcerated and then diagnosed could have had mental problems because of the prisons system they are now living in. It can cause inmates to become depressed, ...

The case at hand deals with the plaintiff’s contraction of Tuberculosis while being incarcerated by the state. The predicament involved in this cases brings up many issues pertaining to whether the state can be liable for the causation of tuberculosis while a plaintiff was in their correctional facility and whether the state has unlimited liability pertaining to the defendant’s contraction of tuberculosis, (“Dudley Lee v. Minister for Correctional Services,” 2012). This paper will conduct a discussion on the issues of causation and unlimited state liability and assess whether the state in fact caused the plaintiff’s contraction ...

Wing SzeWence, Jampolsky and Alsbury shade light on the lifelong disability that arises from prenatal alcohol exposure in their article titled, Experiences in the Canadian Criminal Justice System for Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Double Jeopardy? According to prior research, FASD is viewed as one of the most vital growth disabilities in Canada considering that it consumes up to five billion dollars of the nation’s budget as each individual suffering from the condition is allocated around twenty-one thousand dollars. Therefore, the researchers undertook to carry out a research on the experience of people in the criminal justice ...

Prisoners when in jail fall ill regularly and have to be tended to in the prison. The prisoners cannot be taken out of jail so that they can receive the medical attention required for their illness. However, they may at times get terminal illness when in jail. The terminal illnesses may at times restrict their movement to their cells or in the wards of the prison where they do not get any type of moral support (FAMM 53). Every patient in the world needs some form of moral support in his or her bid to get better and overcome ...

Introduction

Juvenile correctional approaches in the United States centers around the best interest of the child. Young children below the age of 18 fall into the juvenile category. The system offers to purge any criminal record after a stipulated period of time and at the completion of certain terms. The juvenile records remain sealed from public record during this time and are rarely unsealed in spite of exceptional circumstances. Juvenile offenders are first part of a meeting between the State prosecutors to discuss the options of community service for nonviolent crimes. Only in the event of not reaching a conclusive ...

Question One

Private Prisons Private prisons were banned in the Mid-20th Century because they were views as the new form of slavery. During the progressive era, the last private prison was closed down. Commercialization of Prison system was demonized by religious groups and Human rights activists. The business revived again in the 20 the century. This was as a result of the increased incarceration efforts by the criminal justice system. In order to reduce the crime rate, the courts opted to adopt tough sentencing rules. Currently, the United States of America has incarcerated over two million inmates. The phenomenon creates a situation ...

Question One

Privatization of Prisons There is an emerging trend in the western countries of Privatization of prisons. Because of the huge costs that are incurred in the construction of a new correctional facility, countries such as the United States of America and Britain have opted to subcontract private prisons to cater for the rising need for space in the prison facilities. Mass incarceration has created an opportunity niche that is currently being exploited by American Business people. The privatization of prisons in the United States is caused by the punitive measures and the tough sentencing rules adopted by the criminal ...

A. Prison management is a daunting task due to several factors that has to be considered in order to keep the corrections facility to function for its intended purpose. There are several approaches to prison administration that can be adopted, but each of them has their own advantage and disadvantage. There are three administration approach and models that applies to prison management, derived from different principles and employs a variation of approach. The three administrative approach models are based on control, consensual and responsibility. In terms of the communication responsibility model more informal and it has the tendency to cross the ...

There are four main models of employee supervision in criminal justice. One model is called the traditional model of employee supervision while the other one is called human service model of employee supervision. The third model of leadership is called the unit management model while the fourth one is called correctional employee supervision. The difference can be seen in the way the leaders evaluate the employees and how the supervision is carried out. The traditional model consists of rules and regulations that must be followed in a strict manner. Most leaders in criminal justice organization who use the traditional method ...

It is common for people, especially those opting for prison-related jobs, to perceive the prison as one of the most high-risk places. Such assumptions overlook the fact that compared to the number of prison wardens who die in a year, the number of prisoners who die in prisons is far much higher. It is disheartening to note that a significant percentage of these deaths are far from natural but are rather directly linked to medical neglect, sexual assaults, gang violence, and lack of rehabilitation in prisons among other causes, all of which being preventable causes. These deaths have always taken a plethora ...

Introduction

A criminal justice process is normally followed to ensure an individual’s rights are not abused. According to Moak and Carlson (3), the criminal justice process aims to ensure that relevant fact-finding is conducted in an effort to establish the truth. The criminal justice procedure needs to be done in accordance or by not being in contrary to an individual’s right as stipulated in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteen amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Moak and Carlson (4) note that a criminal justice process needs to involve intensive cross-examination of both prosecution witness (the arresting officer and ...

Overview

The Department of Corrections has changed its mail room policy to reduce the risk of contraband inflow through the mail and to reduce its burden on existing correctional officers. The measures taken include the introduction of a postcard that inmates can use to communicate with the outside world. According to the Commissioner, this postcard will end the flow of contraband through the mail and more easily managed by the existing staff. He also believes that this measure will reduce the overtime burden of staff. The inmates, their families and lawyers see this measure as a violation of the First Amendment; they ...

Over the years, the number of prisoners has increased in the United States calling for more prisons to accommodate the prisoners. Due to this increase, the state found it beneficial for the establishment of for-profit prison companies which own private prisons what will help to lock more prisoners due to the great numbers. A private prison also known as for profit prison is a penitentiary or jail where inmates are confined by a third party that has been contracted by the state. The state is obliged to pay a certain amount of money on a monthly rate for each prisoner in the private ...

“Careful dear,” my mother lovingly caressed my hair as I bumped into her while frantically running upstairs on my way to the roof top. I would be nine years old tomorrow and she still treats me as if I am a three. I didn’t in the least like her gestures of love. ”Why can’t she just keep her hands off me? Why on earth she has to make a show of it every damn time I am near her? Just the thought of her touching me makes me puke,” angrily I mused as I continued to run upstairs. I ...

- Juvenile Delinquency - Theories of Delinquency Throughout history, communities and experts have varying opinions when it comes to explaining why there are juveniles or minors violating rules and laws. According to Martin (2005), early experts and communities tried to explain juvenile delinquency with two theories: demonism and naturalism. Naturalism pertains to the ‘practice of linking human affairs with the natural world, justifying human behavior with the influence of nature.’ For example, if the change due to lunar and solar cycles, human behavior is also affected by these forces. Ancient civilizations in the Mediterranean use this theory ...

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Introduction

The training of police officers are rigid, exhaustive and provides opportunities to demonstrate leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners . Bundled with these trainings include development of effective communication skills that will enable law enforcement officers to build a connection with the public, victims and colleagues. Since the work of police officers entail communicating with people of different background, preconceptions and attitudes, it is necessary that they adjust their communication practices . These practices can either be verbal or non-verbal communication. Verbal communication involves the use ...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of juvenile justice and court punishment provided for juvenile offenders. The research gives a full coverage to the reasons that motivate the youth to commit crimes. There are various types of offenses and punishment considered based on the information provided by the finest law experts who represent international organizations and the collegiums of lawyers, addressing the problem of juvenile justice and the ways of overcoming the issue in their respective reports, reviews, and programs. Key words: juvenile justice, crime, offender, court, delinquency Adult delinquency is high enough while that of youth is ...

Punishment to individuals who have wronged the society is something that has been practised by many communities from ancient times. Different forms of punishment were practised depending on the culture, belief and the intensity of the crime that has been committed (Merino, 2009). This included revenge by the offended to the offender by inflicting the same amount of pain whether physical or emotional, or the being chased to suffer alone in the wild away from family and society as a whole. Isolation by use of cages and restricted and controlled motion and activities were also practised which is a system of ...

Cornealious Anderson was arrested and subsequently convicted of the armed robbery of a fast food restaurant in 2000. Before July of 2012, he had served no time in prison for this offense in spite of the fact that he was sentenced to thirteen years in prison for the act. Anderson was supposed to receive instructions for when and where to report to prison but he did not. However, Anderson was still aware that he was supposed to report to prison to serve his sentence and did not take any steps to find out when and where he should begin serving ...

Introduction

The Ashley Smith case was ruled as a homicide by a 5-judge bench in 2013, 6 years after the after the 19-year old inmate with mental problems killed herself in a secluded prison cell. In passing the judgement, the jury came up with 104 recommendations (nationalpost.com, 2013). While I agree with nearly all of the recommendations, I shall discuss three of them and three others among the few that I disagree with. I agree with the following “That Smith’s experience within the correction system be taught as a case study to all Correctional Service management and staff at all levels” (nationalpost.com, ...

In correctional facilities, inmate custody and control is of the utmost importance, as this function is about the secure housing of inmates, the maintenance of a controlled and safe institutional facility and the safety of the facility for both inmates and staff. A variety of different methods are used in different combinations by different correctional institutions in an attempt to maintain inmate custody and control. Maintenance of inmate custody and control often begins with the design of a correctional facility. While using the build environment for control is relatively inflexible in existing structures, new facilities can be designed with inmate ...

Introduction

Juvenile detention center commonly referred to as a juvie, is a high security residential service facility purposely designed for juvenile delinquents. In these facilities, the young adults who are barely 18 years of age are provided with special services both legal, social and psychological prior to their court hearings or their designated placements to specially created long term juvenile delinquents programs. These facilities are designed to manage the youngsters involved in acts of indecent conduct or instances that relates to criminal activities. The different court systems designed for juvenile delinquents are responsible for sentencing or holding juveniles into certain facilities or ...

Alabama Department of Corrections

The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), which is headed by Commissioner Kim T. Thomas, has a total of fifteen major correctional facilities located in the different places within the State. Along with these major facilities, the ADOC also has thirteen Work Centers and Two Private Facilities. ADOC’s mission is to provide programs that will rehabilitate convicted felons in a humane and secure environment with the help of professionals in managing the facilities and they prepare the offender for their social re-entry (state.al.us). The Department’s correctional programs are usually engage with offenders who able to work, attend programs for ...

The criminal justice system consists of different agencies and processes that the government established to prevent and control crimes and to impose the necessary penalties for its commission and for violating the law. The criminal justice system has three major components namely the law enforcement agencies, the court and the corrections. While each of these components are independent, they make up the whole criminal justice system process in a manner that they are inter-related in function. The primary function of the law enforcement agencies is to deploy authorities for crime prevention, perform arrest to the violators of the law ...

Introduction

USA has the highest percentage of prison population than any other country in the world. Over the last 35 years, USA has seen a boom in the rate of incarceration by increasingly relying on its strategy of building and filling prisons for crime reduction. USA took about 160 years to gather its first 1 million inmates and another 1 million just took 12 years. It is estimated the prison population witnessed a 321% hike between the years 1980-2000 when the total number of prisoners went from 315,956 to 1,329,367 (Kovandzic & Vieraitis, 2006). Statistics show that prison population has ...

The American Correctional Association is one of the biggest correctional associations in the world. It draws its membership from within and without America (Tewksbury & DeMichele, 2005). Though the name came into being in 1954, its precursor associations had been in existence since 1870 (Mc Shane & Williams, 1996). Its primary function is to develop and realize better correctional processes and operational values or standards (Tewksbury & DeMichele, 2005). One way it carries out its mandate is through accreditation of correctional facilities, which is mainly done through evaluation. Evaluation and accreditation is done by the Commission on Accreditation for Corrections (CAC) ( ...

Correctional Counselling

Amanda is a female offender who has been sentenced to 27 months in prison after being found guilty of aggravated assault. An assumption has been made by this researcher that if a careful assessment of Amanda’s needs is carried out, she will be much more likely to experience a successful recovery. 1. On the basis of your profile, state clearly which offender type or types you believe the offender fits, and the primary text references to be used Amanda fits the typologies of female offender and drug offender. She also has challenges to face in order to overcome her ...

Introduction

The current state of correctional mental health Mental health is one of the most delicate issues that surround our correctional facilities. The matter needs to be handled with great caution being that it can be an expensive affair, yet the numbers of cases where persons with mental health issues being incarcerated are still on the rise. This report seeks to look deeper into some of the elements that need further scrutiny in order to make the facilities more accommodative to the mentally ill. We also look at some structural and design strategies that are highlighted as key to ...

Correctional Casework & Counseling

The analysis of this group of five members reveals that they are at the transitional stage of rehabilitation. This is because they have voluntarily offered themselves for a counseling process. Being at the transitional stage, the greatest concern in this case is candidates’ consent to the program and the effective adoption of the counseling process. “It is sometimes hard for inmates to accept any training program” (Voorhis, 2011). The main issues with these group members is that they originate from diverse backgrounds, hence getting them to appreciate one another may prove difficult. Effective management of this group will require the ...

Abstract

Capital punishment or death penalty is one of the most controversial and notorious form of correction. It has been practiced throughout history but currently, only 38 states practice it. In most of the places where it is being practiced, a lot of precaution is used. Research has shown that there is a relation between race and capital punishment. This practice has been ostensibly stated as a remnant of the past. Apparently, the minority communities have a higher chance of being slapped with a death sentence.

Introduction

This is one of the most extensively discussed and researched topics. A death penalty also known as capital punishment ...

The death penalty also known professionally as capital punishment is where one is put to death by the state after being found guilty of a heinous crime. Its existence can be traced back to the eighteenth century in the code of King Hammurabi (Strieb 24). During the colonial times, the death penalty was approved in most constitutions. The common methods used included hanging or mutilation of the head. These methods were thought of as slower, torturous and ineffective. Consequently and with industrialisation, these methods were improvised to include electrocution and the use of lethal drugs. The main aim of a ...

Abstract

The forensic mental health field of study enables specialization pertaining to issues that have ethical practical implications. The discipline stretches across boundaries practicing as psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed counselors or social workers. There are diversity of areas encompassing this practice. Forensic mental health practitioners’ function can extend towards examining persons classified as criminals to determine whether they are capable of standing trial. They also work with mentally ill people in their institutional setting to enhance receptivity of care. In following pages of this document a case study along with a number of scenarios will be explored as a means of evaluating the ability ...

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 ...

Racial Diversity Issue in the Prison Facility

Race and ethnicity have always been a controversial issue in many places around the world. The ignorance of racial diversity among people not only in the society, but also in many organizations raise concern with equality and discriminatory judgement. A prison facility for example, particularly in the United States faces the same dilemma when it comes to racial differences that impact the administrative and operational management. A facility consists of inmates from various cultural backgrounds and ethnicity together with the same mix of racial diversity among staff is most likely to create a collision at any given time. However, it should ...

Martha Stewart is one of the most successful icons in America. She is the founder of Martha Stewart Omni media and a magazine publisher. She is also a television personality and business magnate whose TV show has been broadcasted all over the world. In 2004 she was convicted of lying to investigators about a stoke sale and served five month term in Alderson federal prison camp. This is a federal bureau of prisons for women of the United States in West Virginia. The prison is surrounded by towns which include Alderson, summers county, Hinton, Lewisburg, Ronceverte and white silver springs. It is ...