Incarceration and Prison Society

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

Prison History
Big Houses
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Traditional Prison Population Changing Prison Population

GOALS OF INCARCERATION

Custodial

Rehabilitation

Reintegration

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

Correctional Officers
Role Recruitment

Prison Society
Prisonization Inmate Code Adaptive Roles Prison Economy

Women In Prison
8% of new admissions. 6% of total population. Increase of 200% since 1980.
200%

100%

0% 1980..........................1995

Women in Prison
Social Relationships Subculture Programs Children

Basic Prison Programs

Diagnostic Services

Basic Prison Programs

Diagnostic Services
elementary secondary college Educational Programs

Basic Prison Programs

Diagnostic Services
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Basic Prison Programs

Diagnostic Services
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Counseling Services

Basic Prison Programs

Diagnostic Services
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Counseling Services

Recreation Services

Basic Prison Programs

Diagnostic Services
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Counseling Services

Recreation Services

Religious Services

Basic Prison Programs

Diagnostic Services
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Counseling Services

Recreation Services

Religious Services

Medical Services

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

Violence in prison
Explanations Types Contributing factors that can be controlled

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.

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

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

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

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

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_____ is the model of correctional institutions that emphasizes maintenance of the offenders 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