CRJ 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Prison Commissary, Teardrop Tattoo
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Chapter 12: prison life and life after prison. Prison gangs: create violence in the prison, as well as in our communities, california prison system is most violent prison system in america. Prisons as a total institution: when inmate aggression is due to a lack of services previously available to them (deprivation of goods and services, prisoners quickly find out that they have no privacy. Male and female inmate behavior: kenneth has killed several inmates from a rival prison gang. He"s next in line to become the leader of his group (jailing: karen keeps to herself. She doesn"t want to get involved in the prison drama. She has only 3 months until her release date (doing time: sam is getting her second teardrop tattoo. The correctional officers leave her alone because she manages the other inmates in her cell block to make sure no one gets out of line. Other prisoners ask her for permission before fighting with another inmate.
