Pollan, Michael. “The Feedlot: Making Meat.” The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. (2006): 70-84. Print.…
Correctional Health Care, Correctional Education, and Correctional Sex Offender Programs are just a few practices to name. Correctional Mental Health is one practice that will be discussed in depth in this case study. Mental Health alone includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It too helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Mental Health in corrections is a very affective issue that is steadily growing within the correctional system. In this essay, I will provide a description of the program, the elements that lead to the success of the program, and the program structure and design that provide for an effective and successful correctional…
Peter, I totally agree with your statement. Keeping a sane mid gram in the work force is imperative. AS a supervisor of staff and inmates, I find myself often times caught up in the games that both sides play. I can only inmagine how stressful it is to be a police officer in today's society. Being in corrections for 12 years has changed my perspective on the way i view people and their circumstances. Before entering my job, I literally have to mentally prepare myself that I may not leave out the same way as I came in. However, I try to think about it too much because it will literally drive you…
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan introduces 3 main topics; Industrial Corn, Pastoral Grass, Personal The Forest. In these topics Pollan portrays in depth descriptions of each section. Within these sections, he goes on to prove to the reader this book has more to it than they know.…
As a K-9 officer he not only has to protect his personal interests, he also has the worries of his service dog and the civilians he has promised to protect and serve. In addition to his personal concerns, Officer Huggins’ wife is also an officer in the Gwinnett County Police Department and combined have an exponential source of work related stress. C. Huggins (personal communication, August 2013). Interesting insight was provided through the interview with Officer Huggins, in that he not only described the work life sources of stress but also described the sources of stress from his off duty interactions with the general public and home life. This suggests that there are concerns to law enforcement personnel that are not associated with their work life but still hold the same weight, or even more, than the daily routine in…
The most eye-opening picture shows a group therapy session at a prison in which each of the individuals is imprisoned in a small cage, in a liner position. Kuper provides verbal descriptions of how prisoners are exposed to maltreatment of all human necessities, especially medical and psychiatric needs. The book present situations in which prisoners are ignored by staff for urgent medical and psychiatric needs to “cell extractions” where officers in riot gear spray a prisoner with immobilizing gas to subdue him. Through these prose and first-hand narratives, Kupers explains how solitary confinement is used disproportionally against vulnerable populations and youth. Within these narratives, Kupers explores the “post-release syndrome” that people undergo after long-term solitary confinement. The book concludes with an alternative strategy for corrections that is centered on quality mental health treatment and a rehabilitative attitude to replace the culture of punishment for the purpose of causing…
A team at Stanford University, led by Phillip Zimbardo, conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment to investigate causes of conflict between military guards and prisoners. Zimbardo and his team were seeking to observe the inherent personality traits of prisoners and guards and see if this was the chief cause of abusive behavior in these settings (Haney, Banks, and Zimbardo, 1973). This study is one that is well know and well-recognized. Zimbardo and his study are often discussed in many psychology courses today, and have even caused reform in prison systems as well as IRB/APA ethical committees.…
There have been many reports of ‘’cruel and unusual’’ punishment that is being administered by prison guards to inmates in prisons. Not only are inmates reporting this abuse, but federal authorities are also recognizing there is a problem. In 2005, the commission on Safety and Abuse in Prisons said there were 16,000 allegations of sexual and physical assault that were reported. There are also reports of abuse happening in County jails as well as in prisons. ‘’Inmates have reported being choked, kicked, punched, and hit with objects by single or multiple guards’’, (Gross, 2008).…
The reader will hear from current and former prisoners’ that explain their experiences. They discuss behavior, trouble they encountered, and their state of mind when they were free in society before heading down the wrong path. Their testimony is to educate readers on how…
In 1980 at the Penitentiary of New Mexico there was a riot that lasted for 36 hours and killed 33 inmates. In this selection Colvin sheds light onto the fact that there were many factors leading to the riot, and that it cannot be looked at as a random act of violence by inmates. Our society is quick to label all inmates as “animals” or to stereotype them all together as being dangerous and without humanity, but to do this is to overlook the acts of kindness and bravery that some inmates displayed. The majority of the inmates were simply looking to escape.…
Test subjects were randomly assigned to either the role of the prison guard or the prisoner and were set to remain in this position for two weeks. They were then placed in a section of the basement in the Stanford psychology department, which was transformed into a makeshift jail. Several guards, who had not previously shown any signs of violent behavior, began using forceful ways to control the prisoners. On the other hand, the prisoners began to show signs of dehumanization and became totally dependent on the guards. Relationships between the two groups changed drastically very soon. After only six days, the experiment got out of hand and was shut down out of fear that one of the prisoners may become seriously injured. Following the experiment, many of the guards were shocked by how they behaved in that situation, and many of the prisoners couldn’t believe they acted in such cowering and depending…
There are currently two million Americans who are incarcerated in our country’s prison system at this time. Each year there around roughly 650,000 released (Prisoner Reentry). These individuals are faced with many challenges when reintegrating themselves back into society. This is a very difficult time for them and often times things do not go as everyone planed. This time period is filled with disappointments, whether it be to the parole officers, their families or themselves. Leaving prison to reenter the world can cause a lot of confusion and emotions for the ex-offender. Being free leaves the responsibility up to them to make sure that they succeed in life and do not make the same mistakes twice.…
Women have been involved in the criminal justice system since the beginning. Females have been trying to work side by side with men in every aspect of finding and controlling justice in society. However, women have not been able to work in all of the areas of the system. The correctional officers of prisons are extremely necessary aspects since the Walnut Street jail in the criminal justice system, yet only men were able to fill that position until the 1970s. Going through the history of how women came to be able to work as correctional officers will give an insight of the challenges and struggles they went through and still fight today due to the stigma of being a woman. The stereotypes that follow female officers cause hiring and retaining issues amongst the work ethic and daily activities of the officers. Overcoming these problems had been a difficult task and still is being tackled in institutions today. Discriminations are also a problem, especially from the male coworkers. Women face possibility of sexual harassment everywhere they go. Working in a male offender facility increases those possibilities. Dealing with the differences between males and females as well as competing for the same position as a man causes tension in the…
References: Sumter, M. (2008, August). The correctional work force faces challenges in the 21st Century. Corrections Today, 70(4), 100.…
that the reality of prison bears witness not only to the resilience and adaptiveness of the men who tolerate life…