2016 Most Violent Prison
Correctional facilities have the responsibility of holding convicts and ensuring that their character has transformed by the time they leave the correctional facilities. However, these correctional facilities often face several challenges in undertaking this responsibility. One of the major challenges in correctional facilities is controlling the violence of inmates both against each other and against police officers. The case study of 2016 Most violent prison demonstrates how prisons cope and manage the problem of inmate violence.
Sergeant Baldwin and his staff use various techniques to maintain order and prevent violence in correctional facilities. First, they use lockups for inmates when they turn violent, which ensures that they cannot interact because they are in their cells. Secondly, the officers get the inmates out in the open air in small groups ensuring that they can manage any violence when it erupts within the facilities. Thirdly, the officers are equipped with guns and may use this force when the violence gets out of hand.
The methods are effective in light of the challenges that the officers face in maintaining order and preventing violence within prisons. For instance, the lockup is useful in ensuring that violent inmates do not interact with each other as well as other inmates (Delisi et al., 2010)....
References
Brewer-Smyth, K., Burgess, A. W., & Shults, J. (2014). Physical and sexual abuse, salivary cortisol, and neurologic correlates of violent criminal behavior in female prison inmates. Biological Psychiatry, 55(1), 21-31.
Delisi, M., Caudill, J. W., Trulson, C. R., Marquart, J. W., Vaughn, M. G., & Beaver, K. M. (2010). Angry Inmates Are Violent Inmates: A Poisson Regression Approach to Youthful Offenders. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 10(5), 419-439.
Life Mystery (2017). Documentary - The Most Violent Prison 2016 Maximum Security. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHQ1nCQXec
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