CRM 3311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mental Health Professional, Malingering, Eastern State Penitentiary

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3311
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

Inmates who develop mental health issues after initial screening are often not seen: It should ensure that an inmate"s records transfers with them if they are moved from institution to institution: e. g. Snowshoe - held in isolation for 134 days, but when he was transferred to another maximum prison his segregation clock was reset upon arrival and he was put back into segregation for another. Inmates may not want other inmates to see and hear their conversations: auditory privacy is sometimes provided but visionary privacy is not, security is lacking, this may be the reason that a cage-like setup is used. Then and now: eastern state penitentiary (pennsylvania model (1829)), relatively large space for the inmate - bed, sink, toilet (bucket), machinery to do a trade or skill. Individual poses a threat to the health or safety of other. Individual is removed from the general population for their own protection.