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1 Research Proposal Stacy Douglas Walden University SOCW 6301: Social Work Practice Research I Dr. Orlando Wright October 29, 2023

2 Research Proposal Part 1 (3 to 4 pages) Introduction Though there are social workers in the prison system, there is a need for social workers who advocate for the inmates to receive the programs needed for reentry back into society. Problem Statement The problem I am focusing on is the need for social workers in the prison system and the lack of social workers in the corrections who advocate for the inmates and their issues while incarcerated. When people are sentenced to prison, depending on their criminal history and crime, they are sometimes stipulated and must complete specific programs before parole eligibility and release. Occasionally, an inmate could receive a minor infraction while incarcerated and then be denied access to the programs they need to be released, even though they have completed the punishment for the crime. This is why inmates need social workers to advocate on their behalf so that they have a shot at reentering communities and making a positive contribution to society. Research Question What are the benefits of social workers in the correctional system? Literature Review “Social Work & Corrections in the Progressive Era: What We Remember, What We Obscure. Journal of Progressive Human Services” discusses the history of social work in corrections, how social workers are credited as being the first policewomen, probation officers in the correctional facilities and describes social workers professional relationships in corrections as it relates to policy, research and education today.

3 Social work in the progressive area was discussed throughout this article. Social workers were considered the first line of police. The term “corrections” was used to reference various activities of coercive “care” exercised by social workers in the Progressive Era supervision of reformatories, probation, and parole. Corrections implied an effort to “correct” or “mend” someone. Prisons during this era forced prisoners to participate in forced labor (for public and private profit); forced people to participate in “rehabilitative” activities; placed people under constant surveillance; and used a range of punishment practices, from semi-starvation to physical assault (Harrell, 2023). “Flexner’s Thesis Was Prescient: Ethical Practices for Social Workers “In the Trenches” Requires Forensic Knowledge” discusses social workers providing services in the host environments such as prisons and their ability to provide social justice and advocacy services for those populations. Social workers' historical role has been to advocate for clients while also accepting the associated ethical duty to perform with integrity and evidence-informed competence within the client's host environment (Prescott, 2019). Instead, many social workers within the prison system are more interested with assisting inmates on a more therapeutic level, and in allied fields such as psychology and psychiatry (Prescott, 2019). “Educating for rights and justice: a content analysis of forensic social work syllabi’ contends that forensic social work is an integrated practice specialty at the nexus of the law or legal system. It explains how social workers ought to receive training to promote social justice, economic justice, and environmental justice. According to EPAS (CSWE, Citation2015), social workers who engage in human rights and justice practice recognize that every person regardless of their society position has fundamental human rights. The rights emphasized in this

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