SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Kingston Penitentiary, Service Canada, Anger Management

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

If offender has been sentenced to > 2 years, csc involved. If the individual is sentenced to more than 2 years, they will go to federal penitentiary (i. e. kingston penitentiary) Less then 2 years, they go to a provincial institution. Three factors: institutional adjustment, escape risk, risk to public in event of escape. Development of correctional plan - outlines treatment & recommendations for rehabilitation. Correctional programming - structured activities within correctional system, designed to rehabilitate, educate, train, and otherwise facilitate person"s reintegration into society. Includes institutional programs and aftercare or follow-up programming. Aftercare - any range of programming and services provided after a youth has completed court-imposed sentence or extrajudicial measures contract. Csc evaluation (2009) showed success of programs: Rates of re-admission and general reoffending reduced up to. Include: life skills, education, recreation, counselling programs: general - apply to all offenders, offence specific - target specific offences.