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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
Prison History
• Big Houses– South different
• 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 PrisonWomen In Prison• 8% of new admissions.
• 6% of total population.
• Increase of 200% since 1980.
200%
100%
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1980..........................1995
Women in Prison
• Social Relationships
• Subculture
• Programs
• Children
Basic Prison ProgramsBasic Prison Programs
Diagnostic Services
Diagnostic Services
EducationalPrograms
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Basic Prison Programs Prison Programs
Diagnostic Services
EducationalPrograms
VocationalPrograms
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Basic Prison Programs
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Diagnostic Services
EducationalPrograms
VocationalPrograms
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CounselingServices
Basic Prison Programs
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Diagnostic Services
EducationalPrograms
VocationalPrograms
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CounselingServices
RecreationServices
Basic Prison Programs
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Diagnostic Services
EducationalPrograms
VocationalPrograms
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CounselingServices
RecreationServices
ReligiousServices
Basic Prison Programs
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Diagnostic Services
EducationalPrograms
VocationalPrograms
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CounselingServices
RecreationServices
ReligiousServices
MedicalServices
Basic Prison ProgramsBasic Prison Programs
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• Established early on • Internal maintenance• Industry shops and
contract work• Inefficient• Opposed by labor
unions
Prison Industries
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 RightsHudson 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 RightsWolff 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
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