CRIM 1447 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Solitary Confinement, Anger Management, Telemarketing
31 Dec 2018
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Because we are depriving them of things that normal folks aren"t deprived of (liberty, free goods and services, autonomy, security: subculture as a mean to cope with the pain of losses, the inmate code, rules for behavior. Institutional gangs and violence: overcrowding fragmented, disorganized subculture, control by and of gangs, prison riots, sex and sexual assault. Illegal drugs: solitary confinement, used for disruptive inmates, they earn their way there, all prisons have solitary confinement, also used to protect other inmates. The needs of special populations: elderly adult inmates, often require special accommodations, generally given lighter-duty work assignments. Life after incarceration: the intent of incarceration (the goal of punishment) is varied over time and place, regardless of aim, the practice has several consequences. Impact families: collateral consequences of conviction include both civil and political disqualification or deprivation, civil rights. Jail: prison, minimum, medium, maximum, super-maximum (go here based on violent behavior once in prison.
