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Incarceration and Prison Society

History and Goals Prison Organization Correctional Officers. Prison Society Women in Prison Prison Programs Violence Prisoner Rights. Incarceration and Prison Society. Prison History. Big Houses South different Traditional Prison Population Changing Prison Population.

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Incarceration and Prison Society

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  1. History and Goals Prison Organization Correctional Officers Prison Society Women in Prison Prison Programs Violence Prisoner Rights Incarceration and Prison Society

  2. Prison History • Big Houses • South different • Traditional Prison Population • Changing Prison Population

  3. GOALS OF INCARCERATION Custodial Rehabilitation Reintegration

  4. Governing Prisoners • Authority: Perception vs. Reality • Issues • Total Power? • Rewards and Punishment • Cooperation and Leadership

  5. Correctional Officers • Role • Recruitment

  6. Prison Society • Prisonization • Inmate Code • Adaptive Roles • Prison Economy

  7. Women In Prison • 8% of new admissions. • 6% of total population. • Increase of 200% since 1980. 200% 100% 0% 1980..........................1995

  8. Women in Prison • Social Relationships • Subculture • Programs • Children

  9. Diagnostic Services Basic Prison Programs

  10. Basic Prison Programs Diagnostic Services elementary secondary college Educational Programs

  11. Basic Prison Programs Diagnostic Services carpentry plumbing electrical gardening printing keyboarding elementary secondary college Educational Programs Vocational Programs

  12. Basic Prison Programs Diagnostic Services carpentry plumbing electrical gardening printing keyboarding elementary secondary college Educational Programs Vocational Programs Counseling Services

  13. Basic Prison Programs Diagnostic Services carpentry plumbing electrical gardening printing keyboarding elementary secondary college Educational Programs Vocational Programs Counseling Services Recreation Services

  14. Basic Prison Programs Diagnostic Services carpentry plumbing electrical gardening printing keyboarding elementary secondary college Educational Programs Vocational Programs Counseling Services Recreation Services Religious Services

  15. Basic Prison Programs Diagnostic Services carpentry plumbing electrical gardening printing keyboarding elementary secondary college Educational Programs Vocational Programs Counseling Services Recreation Services Religious Services Medical Services

  16. Prison Industries • Established early on • Internal maintenance • Industry shops and contract work • Inefficient • Opposed by labor unions

  17. Violence in prison • Explanations • Types • Contributing factors that can be controlled

  18. Until the 1960s – Supreme Court “Hands Off” policy on prisons Cooper v. Pate (1964) - prisoners may challenge the conditions of their confinement under civil rights legislation.

  19. First Amendment Rights Theriault v. Carson (1977) – no sham religious practices allowed Procunier v. Martinez (1974) – censorship of mail only to extent necessary to maintain security

  20. Fourth Amendment Rights Hudson v. Palmer (1984) – officials can search cell and confiscate materials Bell v. Wolfish (1979) – body searches allowed if clear and legitimate purpose outweighs invasion of personal privacy

  21. Eighth Amendment Rights Three principle tests – 1) shocks conscience 2) unnecessarily cruel 3)goes beyond legitimate penal aims Estelle v. Gamble (1976) – no deliberate indifference to medical needs

  22. 14th Amendment Rights Wolff v. McDonnell (1974) – basic due process rights in disciplinary hearings Lee v. Washington (1968) – no racial segregation in prisons; only justified temporarily to restore order or prevent violence

  23. Hello, is this microphone on? • _____ is the model of correctional institutions that emphasizes maintenance of the offender’s ties to family and community. • Reintegration Model • _____ are often used by prison officials as a communication source between officials and the inmate population. • Inmate leaders • _____ is the model of corrections that emphasizes security, discipline, and order. • Custodial Model • In ____ the Supreme Court said prisoners have basic due process rights in disciplinary hearings • Wolff v. McDonnell (1974) • _____ is the orientation that judges had toward prisoners’ rights prior to the 1960s. • Hands off policy • _____ is the system of barter and purchase based on cigarettes and other items that prisoners use to gain desired items • Prison economy

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