...Correctional Officers’ Experiences Summary William Bleser Alex Lee Ruby Osorio Amy Crivolio CJA/234 Saturday March 8, 2014 Anthony J. Perish Correctional Officers’ Experiences Summary A correctional officer has to keep security to a certain level in a certain prison or jail facility by stopping and preventing any disturbances such as assaults and escapes. Correctional officers must supervise the activities of inmates daily. They must make sure that the inmates do not break the rules and finish their assignments. Correctional officers supervisor expect them to perform their job correctly while interacting professionally to the inmates. The officers are expected to show no signs of weakness while performing their job duties. Correctional Officers play a very vital role in the criminal justice field. Their jobs are very dangerous when dealing with inmates that are in jail and prisons. ”The role they take in is very different from other law enforcement jobs within prions and jails.” (Seiter, 2011). The function of correctional officer is to help aid prisons by gaining power and control over regulations throughout the prisons and jails. They also are responsible for criminals who have committed a crime and been arrested, which now are awaiting trial. Correctional Officer functions are to enforce and keep order, supervise activities of inmates, aid in rehabilitation and counseling of offenders, search inmates for contraband items and report on inmates...
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... 2) Summarize the article and offer your point of view in relation to the article chosen Title : Army and prisons officials to lead new programme Source : New Sunday Times (27 March 2011) SUMMARY OF ARTICLE: “ARMY AND PRISONS OFFICIALS TO LEAD NEW PROGRAMME” This article is about the new program launched by government that is the National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) program. This program involved army and prison department. Several ministries and government agency contribute to this program. Those Ministries are ministries of Defence; Home; Agriculture and Agro-based industries; Information, Communication and land Culture; Rural and Regional Development; Health; and Civil Defence Department. This program divided into three segments: 1. NBOS 1 * Redeployment of policemen to reduce crime. * Mobilized policemen from desk duties to high-risk areas * Their roles in office will be filled by staff from Administrative and Diplomatic service and also filled by civilians. 2. NBOS 2 * The community rehabilitation program for prison inmates (with less than two years jail sentence) at army camps. * Armed forces and police cooperate to give training to...
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...office switch by dialling in remotely, this simple technique allowed Kevin to make free calls and eavesdrop all communications made by every individual. This was the start of his hacking “career”. At the of 17 years old, Kevin was arrested and charged with “destroying data over a computer network”, he spend three months in jail. What did he do? Instead of using his knowledge to explore the various computer adventures, Mr Kevin preferred to rather have a run-in with the police. Time after time he had a collision with the police. His next arrest was in 1983 at the University Southern California, where he was caught trying to gain illegal access to ARPnet using the university’s computer. For the crime committed he was sentenced to six months in prison. When he was released, he had the number plate of his car printed “XHACKER”, but he still had a hacking appetite. A couple of years later he was accused of tampering with a credit transfer computer. An arrest warrant was issued, but it later disappeared from the policies records without a clear explanation. Kevin’s main method of obtaining illegal information was through social engineering, his stolen information included user-names, passwords etc. Kubutona Letuka PT2013-0675 C_ITSS311 A couple of years...
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...Does Total Quality lead to improved performance in prisons? Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 1 TQM only relates to Human resources 5 2 The only customers are inmates 6 3 Staff should only follow orders 6 4 The managers’ tasks are only to control the staff 7 5 Quality improvements only to be initiated by the management 7 Conclusion 8 List of references 10 Executive Summary In this quotation about Total Quality, the Governor makes 5 assumptions: * TQM only relates to human resources * The only customers are the inmates, * Staff should only follow orders, * The managers’ tasks are only to control the staff, * Quality improvements are only to be initiated by the management. TQM is aimed at customer satisfaction, through continuous improvement, which is process focussed, and involves all levels of an organisation’s management. Apart from the detainees there are other customers in a prison, such as the partners from the criminal justice chain, the visitors, society at large, and the internal customers. In the TQM approach, employees are not there just to carry out instructions, they should be empowered to exert influence on their own job. Managers should act as coaches rather than supervisors, by providing guidance to help employees to do a better job and encourage teamwork. Through empowerment, involvement, and encouragement, employees in all levels of the organisation...
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...E- Mail Us At JohnMate1122@gmail.com Course Project: Managing the Prison Environment Objectives Back to Top The Course Project is designed to provide you with an opportunity to research a topic of interest related to some aspect of correctional administration. This project is an effort to allow you to fully explore issues related to either correctional officials or prison inmates. This project incorporates all TCOs. Guidelines Back to Top The course project is worth 320 total points and will be graded on APA formatting; quality of research topic; quality of paper information; proper use of text citations; proper grammar, punctuation, usage, and sentence structure; and the deliverable components for Weeks 1, 2, 5, and 6. There are four components to the Course Project. • title page, topic discussion, and a list of three references • annotated outline • annotated bibliography • Final Paper Requirements • APA guidelines must be followed for all course component deliverables. • At least six authoritative, outside references are required for the annotated bibliography and the Final Paper. • All DeVry University policies are in effect, including the plagiarism policy. • The Final Paper isdue in Week 6of this course. • The Final Paper must be 8 to 10 pages of text in length, Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced, include a cover page, introduction or abstract, body of the report, summary or conclusion, and a works cited page. • Any questions about this paper...
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...Estate in Britain that draws on ‘right realist’ ideas to suggest that ‘prison works’. Reflecting on the methodological, theoretical and political issues discussed in Block 3, evaluate the reliability and validity of this account. You should use your conclusion to explain why you agree or disagree with Fraser’s position. Introduction The notion that the prison institution has failed as an establishment has been gradually gaining some popularity in consideration of the recent times, especially in this ‘postmodern’ era, where society is becoming more open to the discourse and discussion of the deconstruction of our many traditional and long established components of civilization, such as our typical ‘correctional’ establishments, or prison facilities (Davis 2000). In fact, there is already what is commonly referred to as the ‘prison abolition movement’ which is a collective, but not necessarily organized, worldview that is inclined to subscribe to the belief that a society can function better without prisons, and without prisoners thus. This position is backed up by a comprehensive set of criticisms against the modern form or structure of the criminal justice mechanism, which is argued to be predominantly predisposed allow racism (Davis 2007), sexism and reinforcement of the disadvantages of being part of the lower economic class of the society. More importantly, the anti-prison discourse argues that the prison system is an ineffective and costly means of preventing crime and rehabilitating...
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...educate women and even men when it comes to sexual assault; this is not a crime that just needs to be pushed aside. The offender can be punished for the crime and set in prison so they can think about what they did and how it affects the victim. We will look at how you can take the offender to civil court and even sue for damages and possible prison time. If you are over eighteen it is your choice whether you report a sexual assault or sexual abuse to the police. There is no time limit for when you can make a report it doesn't make a difference if it happened 2 days ago or 20 years ago. However, the sooner you report the better, because it may be harder for the police to get enough evidence to lay charges as time passes. The consensus among scholars and laypersons is that domestic violence and sexual assaults are hidden from society’s view because most incidents are not reported to the police ( Frieze & Browne, 1989; Herzberger, 1996; Pagelow, 1984). If you decide to report to the police, it is a good idea to talk to people you trust beforehand to get support. You can ask for a female police officer if you’re a woman if that will make you feel more comfortable. You can take a support person with you, but they cannot speak on your behalf. Making a statement can take several hours. You can ask for a break whenever you need to. Police will take a written statement. They will ask a lot of questions including some which may seem strange to you and some that may be upsetting...
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...War on Drugs and Prison Overcrowding Thomas K Anderson University of Memphis Prison overcrowding has been a social phenomenon that has led to a variety of reforms. One of the major causes for overcrowding in the prison systems today began back in the early 1970’s, when President Nixon declared War on Drugs. There were dramatic increases in the prison population in the 1980’s and 1990’s. These increases were projected due to trends of harsh punishments. Political leaders were influential in these trends as they created mandatory sentencing guidelines. Currently 50.1% of all offenders that are incarcerated in the Federal Prison System are due to drug offenses. That total accounts for 98,554 individuals, many of whom are serving time for a nonviolent offense or first time offenses. The second largest cause for overcrowding in the prison are immigration related crimes, which still only accounts for 10.6% or 20,862 of the individuals. In June of 1971, President Nixon declared a war on drugs, which did not go over too well because he and everyone else had differing views on how to handle the problems being created due to the increase of drug use. Because of the increasing of the prison population, a reform was created to offer treatment for drug abuse; of course this did not take place since it was a contradiction of current drug policies. Unfortunately, the end result of Nixon’s plan did not stop the problem of drugs, but only caused...
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...youth under the age of 18 are arrested in the United States. Since the 1980s there has been growing concern about crimes committed by young people. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because young offenders are at risk sent to adult prisons, they are more likely to commit crimes and they lack understanding of the crime they committed. Juveniles should not be tried as adults because they will be sent to an adult prison. An adult prison will have an extremely destructive effect on the juveniles. “Young prisoners are also at a disadvantage because they are not as mature (mentally and physically) as older prisoners (Scott). It is saying that automatically going in a adult prison they are already not safe. Compared to adults they are small. The adult prisoners are physically bigger than juveniles so...
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...PROVISION OF A cognitive and behavioural profiling and training CONSULTANCY TO CONDUCT A ONE-DAY WORK EFFECTIVENESS TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR THE SINGAPORE PRISON SERVICE 1. INTRODUCTION Singapore Prison Service invites all interested vendors for the provision of the services of a cognitive and behavioural profiling and training consultancy to conduct a one-day work effectiveness training programme. This is a single lot which will be awarded to a single vendor (herein termed as Contractor) according to the evaluation criteria. 2. OBJECTIVES A dynamic, ever-changing communications landscape has presented new and complex issues and challenges for the members of the Corporate Communications and Relations Branch (CCRB). As their roles and responsibilities evolve, it is imperative that every CCRB member understands the significance and influence of their individual professional functions and how these will impact the work that they do in enhancing and safeguarding SPS’ corporate image and the organisation’s stakeholders. In view of the above, CCRB is looking to engage the services of a consultancy, specialising in cognitive and behavioural profiling based on neuroscience analysis and with expertise in experiential learning, to conduct a 1-day training workshop for its branch members between 1 Mar 2016 and 18 Mar 2016 with the following objectives: A. To enhance the effectiveness of CCRB as a whole, progressing from a regular team to a high-performance team; B. To...
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...Vernetta Hilliard Outline summary 9/30/13 The Bombing of the 16th Street Baptiste Church General Purpose: To inform my audience about the bombing of the 16th street Baptiste church. Specific Purpose: The tragedy of the bombing of the church, and how it helped change history. Thesis Statement: The bombing of the 16th street Baptiste church was one of America’s most horrific tragedies. Introduction “Auntie can I borrow your compact, brush, and a quarter?” Those were the last words of a little girl 12 years old who died in the bombing of the 16th street Baptiste Church. She was one of four little girls who died that day, Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson. They lost their lives because of hatred and an unwillingness to change. The events that happened on September 15, 1963 would be remembered in US history forever. I have heard of this event my whole life. My mother has vivid memories of visiting this very same church as a child while on summer break visiting relatives in Birmingham. I will take you a journey of the history of this historic landmark, the tragic events of this day, and the aftermath of that day in civil rights. Transition: I want to begin by giving you a look at the start of this church. Body I. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was the first African American church to be organized in Birmingham. A. According to the church’s official website, the church was formed in 1873 on 16th and 6th st...
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...Executive Summary The American court system is overflowed with people that suffer from substance abuse. For example drug and/or alcohol related crimes have been implicated in violent crimes, instances of domestic violence, child abuse and neglect cases. Therefore, drug court has come in to offer people arrested for substances abuse related crimes and opportunity to receive community-based treatment with judicial supervision to avoid potential incarceration. For this reason drug court has changed people’s lives in a variety of ways, which are often overlooked, are the positive impact on families and society. Overall, substance abuse offenders have a recurring problem for the criminal justice system as a result drug courts are an important strategy to reduce incarceration, provide drug treatment and reduce recidivism among nonviolent offenders. Another key point is research study by the National Institute of Justice in 2009 called the Multi-Site Adult Drug Court Evaluation confirmed that Drug Courts reduced crime and substance abuse, improved family relationships, and also increasing employment and school enrollment. (Marlowe, 2010) Another key point is drug courts have affected the offender’s criminal behavior and substance use with mandated drug and alcohol treatment. Henceforth drug courts has been a popular diversion program for drug offenders since it’s began in Dade County Florida in 1989. Overview Drug courts represent the criminal justice approach to ensure public...
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...paper will address financial reporting practices containing ethical standers in health care finance. Also, it will include a summary of acceptable practices and general financial ethical standards. There are four elements of financial management, this includes,” planning, controlling, organizing and directing, and decision making.” (Health care Finance, p.5.2011) Manager’s responsibilities are to make sure the organizations goals and objectives. Controlling helps with making sure the organizations plans are carried out and this comes from having feedback. Using available resources helps to be organizing. Mangers must work with their staff by directing daily with staff to make sure the goal is achieve. Financial mangers have to be capable of making decisions through evaluating and analyzing. When financial mangers apply and comprehends all these steps this helps organizations to be successful. Study’s show that U.S businesses pay $6,000 per year, extra due to employee who smoke cigarettes in the workplace break areas. This can be a financial burden for companies because, of the employee that smoke. Previous research that was done on cost of; smoke breaks, lost productivity, absenteeism, and health care cost. This research estimated that employees who smoke cost employers $5,816 which is above the cost employees who never smoke. Taking more smoke breaks could result in policies in the work place. This leads to low productivity and more and more missed days of work and on average...
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...any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, any file sharing system, or any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of SparkNotes LLC. SPARK ARKNOTES W W W. S PA R K N O T E S . C O M Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, and spent the first nine years of his life living in the coastal regions of Kent, a county in southeast England. Dickens’s father, John, was a kind and likable man, but he was incompetent with money and piled up tremendous debts throughout his life. When Dickens was nine, his family moved to London. When he was twelve, his father was arrested and taken to debtors’ prison. Dickens’s mother moved his seven brothers and sisters into prison with their father, but she arranged for the young Charles to live alone outside the prison and work with other children pasting labels on bottles in...
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...Joycene Harrell CRM-430 Term Paper Week 5 Draft Summary for Prison Rehabilitation and Counseling Programs I chose to focus this term paper on the various programs offered to prisoners as part of their rehabilitation for introduction back into society. In today’s world there are many who believe that every one can be rehabilitated. The question should be asked; “does rehabilitation really work for everyone?” I will provide statistics on the success and failure rate, as well as which programs are most beneficial to prisoners. Whether rehabilitation and counseling works or not, something has to be done to assist prisoners in order for them to lead a normal life upon their release. I will discuss some of the many programs offered by various states ranging from “Pets in Prison” to obtaining college degrees. I will explain the various types of counseling offered to sex offenders, pedophiles and murderers. Those are a few topics I feel should have special interest in the counseling/rehabilitation area. I am sure most would agree that prisoners should receive some type of counseling and rehabilitation, but where do you draw the line on the rehabilitation services offered? Should the money from taxpayers be used to fund certain types of programs, how does the prison system decide who gets to participate in which programs, and how can counselors and judicial boards ensure there will be no regression? Those are just a couple of questions that will be answered...
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