Inmate Security Requirements

Maximum and Supermax prison is designed for full attention to security and surveillance. In these institutions, the inmate’s lives are organized into a militaristic approach to control the inmate’s movements, by limiting/eliminating situations that could lead to a breakdown in discipline like escaping, harming themselves, others and/or prison staff. The facilities have concrete walls that stand 20 - 30 feet high and have been sunk deep into the ground to prevent prisoners from tunneling. The fences are electrically charged and lined with barbed wire. Unlike medium and minimum facilities which can have multiple occupants to a room, max and supermax facilities can only contain one occupant because these inmates pose a threat to other inmates.

Classification is a key management tool that helps jail staff make educated decisions about inmate housing arrangements, custody levels, staff precautions, work assignments, and program involvement. The classification process begins with interviewing the inmate to determine the security level that best suits the inmate. It determines the best and safest housing for the inmate. Classification reassesses inmates after a brief time in incarceration to determine programs and privileges for the inmate. There are many goals and benefits in classification. Classification protects inmates from one another, weaker from stronger, mentally ill from heathier inmates. It also identifies and addresses security risk like contraband traffickers, gang members, and escape risk. Inmate classification also strengthens security, effectively uses resources, provides a platform for consistent decision making, improve efficacy and effectiveness, and reduces liability for jail. Classification procedures are basically the same the inmate is asked a series of questions about their lifestyle, criminal history, current charges, and gang affiliation. The inmate is also observed for behavioral and mental health problems during the classification. Based on the outcome of the interview the inmate is temporary housed to the best needs for the facility, and the inmate. The inmate receives orientation and a

..no fences, no bars on the windows, no detention sash. Guards do not wear uniforms..the buildings look like a motel. Inmates may use telephones to call anyone anytime, they have keys to their own individual rooms, they have their own money, and they wear their own clothes. There are no restrictions on hours of watching television or visiting in the day rooms or

In many countries national prisons are operated and supplemented by provinces and state counterparts. Prisoners are held in prisons and jails throughout the country and globally convicted of various crimes and offenses. The nature of the offense determines where the prisoner is held and the lengths of times. There are institutions that vary in level of security in both the state and federal prison system. However, the majority of prisoners are sentenced and housed in state facilities in high security facilities.

Because the inmates in this jail range from low level offenders to those being held for violent crimes like rape, robbery, drugs, DUI’s or domestic violence, this facility is a direct supervision, medium-security

They are a smaller offshoot of ACA’s full Performance-Based Standards for Adult Local Detention Facilities, Fourth Edition (ALDF), which have provided the basis for ACA accreditation for many years. Traditionally, ACA standards have been developed within a form and structure that responds to three primary criteria: They must be legally defensible — providing guidance for jail operations at or above constitutional minimums established by the courts; They must be flexible —allowing agencies to use varied ways to achieve compliance with the intent of each standard; and they must promote advanced professional practice — defining what should be done, not just what must be done. The new core jail standards only encompass the first two of these criteria, by focusing on minimum requirements to operate a constitutional jail. The ALDF standards extend further, to the third criterion of advanced practice; they exceed the minimum requirements comprised by most state jail standards and defined in court cases to measure the constitutionality of facilities and operations. ACA’s ALDF standards have evolved during the past 40 years through four phases of

This hierarchy consists of the inmates as the lowest tier, followed by correctional officers who are referred only by Boss, and at the top with the reigning authority over the prison is the Captain. With each tier comes a role, for the inmates, their role is to be punished for the crime committed and corrected through the teachings of obedience. To establish this process, the prison on Road 36 has created multiple rules to be followed by the inmates. After Luke and the other new prisoners enter the bunk house the list of rules is recited: “You remember your number and always wear the [clothes] that has your number. Any man forgets his number spends the night in the box […]

Prisons are made up of several types of offenders, however within the prison populations, there are those offenders which make up the special needs category or those who are known for substance abuse. The reason why these special need inmates affect the jail and prison system, both on a federal and state level would be because of the specialized attention in which they require. If these prisoners are not given the proper attention that is needed for their disability, they can because a danger to not only themselves but to everyone around them; those who have a substance abuse related illness may even become sick and possibly die from lack of care for their addiction.

Correctional housing assignments and proper offender classification is a vital part of the correctional system. The careful decision making and calculated placing of offenders aids in ensuring a correctional facilities future success, when dealing with so many diverse groups of offenders that are to be housed every day. Administrative segregation and protective custody housing are two of the primary tools that allow correctional staff to maintain order.

a reception and classification process. This process evaluates the inmate's case file to see where they should be sent. This process can take up to 120 days. The committee members that evaluate the files try to place an inmate in a facility near their family but that is not always possible. During this process and inmate is also unable to receive any phone calls or packages. However, they are able to receive letters and writing supplies. They are also eligible for visitation from family and friends after a certain number of days and if they are behaving well. After the process is completed they are given an overall score. This score determines the security level

A prison’s chain of command may include the following positions, starting at the top of the ladder would be the warden of the prison, who falls under the position of administrative staff, they are mostly in charge of prison policy and running the institution. Below them would be the correctional officers. Classified by their location in the facility and the duties required of them so far seven officer roles have been identified. One of them is the block officers, they have much more in contact with inmates since they have to supervise housing areas, like cell blocks and dormitories. Block officers conduct head counts, inspections, searches and thus control most of the inmate’s movement.

Accordingly, because of the accumulation of inmates in our provincial/territorial and federal prisons this then leads to a shortage of accommodations. Due to the increase of inmates, more beds are required in prisons, which results in confined areas. In Canada, 26.4% of inmates stated they currently shared a cell with another inmate, and 12% of inmates are sharing a single cell and feel threatened by their cell-mate (John Howard). With this shortage of beds, some inmates fear for their lives because they feel threated by others in a small area. In addition, the Corrections and Conditional Release Act under general living conditions, number 70 states that, “The Service shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that penitentiaries, the penitentiary

The inmate needs to be classified in a way that is neither excessive nor too lenient in order to ensure that they will protect the public from harm.

When an individual is introduced to the prison life, after violating rules and laws, he or she must come to terms about the journey he or she are about to take behind bars in prison. No one can save them, or do their time for them, and a majority of their freedom has been stripped from them either temporarily or permanently. Prison life deals with all walks of life and is not discriminative toward any race. In this paper I will discuss my perspective on prison life, policies I would enforce an inmate’s need for respect, changes on correctional policy, and why people commit crimes.

The perpetrator security needs or special supervision, such as protection, cases of detention, sentenced to death, and those who have the potential chronic or aggressive behavior; or