CRIM 3656 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Body Bag, Actus Reus, Western Law
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Inmate subculture: inmates socialized into norms of prisons, to be institutionalized prisonalized to a degree where they cant survive outside of prison. Higher status those serving life sentences, other inmates exercise power due to gang affiliations, physical strength. Coping mechanisms: drugs (relax, power and control), sexual gratification (consensual, masturbating, rape they adapt to circumstances, will revert back to heterosexual after) Prison regime doesn"t encourage independent judgment, inmates try to disrupt immature coping. Vulnerability depends on status/power same in reality. Male inmates likely to be murdered, inmates use violence as protection. Rape is issue and underreported assumed its consensual. Correctional system doesn"t take into account inmate"s family"s needs, inmate"s family is stigmatized. Inmate grievances/complaints inmates must first attempt to resolve through internal procedures. Billc10 made it offense for false claims (cid:0) deters inmates for legitimate complaints. Early release = monarch can grant based on humanitarian sentence.