Incarceration and Prison Society
• History and Goals
• Prison Organization
• Correctional
Officers
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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
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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
elementary
secondary
college
Educational
Programs
Vocational
Programs
carpentry
plumbing
electrical
gardening
printing
keyboarding
Basic Prison Programs
Diagnostic Services
elementary
secondary
college
Educational
Programs
Counseling
Services
Vocational
Programs
carpentry
plumbing
electrical
gardening
printing
keyboarding
Basic Prison Programs
Diagnostic Services
elementary
secondary
college
Educational
Programs
Vocational
Programs
Counseling
Services
Recreation
Services
carpentry
plumbing
electrical
gardening
printing
keyboarding
Basic Prison Programs
Diagnostic Services
elementary
secondary
college
Educational
Programs
Vocational
Programs
Counseling
Services
Recreation
Services
Religious
Services
carpentry
plumbing
electrical
gardening
printing
keyboarding
Basic Prison Programs
Diagnostic Services
elementary
secondary
college
Educational
Programs
Vocational
Programs
Counseling
Services
Recreation
Services
Religious
Services
Medical
Services
carpentry
plumbing
electrical
gardening
printing
keyboarding
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
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