Sociology 2253A/B Chapter 11: Corrections in Canada
17 Sep 2014
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According to goffman (1961), total institutions have four distinct elements: the inmate lives under the watchful eye of a centralized institutional authority, the inmate shares his or her space with other inmates, who are all treated alike and who are, all of an inmate"s time is tightly scheduled by a body of rules and administrative orders forced to enact the same routines. imposed by those in charge, the entire system of enforced activities, and time and space control, is organized around the institutional goals of correction and/or treatment. According to sykes (1958), these norms and values include the following: don"t interfere with inmates" interests for example, never betray another inmate to authorities. inmates, don"t lose your head, and refrain from emotional displays (e. g. , arguing) with other, don"t exploit other inmates, be tough and don"t lose your dignity, don"t be a sucker, don"t make a fool of yourself or support guards or prison administrators over the interests of the inmates.
