Inmate Culture
Unit #7
1. Describe the two theories regarding how inmate culture becomes a part of prison life.
Two theories of how culture became a part of prison life was one indigenous, because it develops as a result of the environment in which inmates find themselves according to Clemmer. Also Sykes believed that it was the deprivations and loss of freedom due to being locked up. The second theory was that the culture is imported within the inmate’s values from the outside. This created a subculture of convicts, thieves and square johns.
2. List the methods correctional agencies use to control prison gangs.
Prison gangs were controlled with different strategies such as early detection of gang activities, identification of leaders and members, surveillance
1. Describe the two theories regarding how inmate culture becomes a part of prison life.
Two theories of how culture became a part of prison life was one indigenous, because it develops as a result of the environment in which inmates find themselves according to Clemmer. Also Sykes believed that it was the deprivations and loss of freedom due to being locked up. The second theory was that the culture is imported within the inmate’s values from the outside. This created a subculture of convicts, thieves and square johns.
2. List the methods correctional agencies use to control prison gangs.
Prison gangs were controlled with different strategies such as early detection of gang activities, identification of leaders and members, surveillance