Marion County Jail: Case Study

In criminal justice organizational settings the effectiveness of the department solely relies on the managers understanding of organizational effectiveness, its measurements, theories, and how to manage their employees. Given that Marion County is the biggest county in the state of Indiana, there are numerous departments and personnel that are involved in its criminal justice system. Within the Marion County Superior Courts, there are different entities used to help supervise offender pre and post-trial. Some of these entities consist of Marion County Community Corrects, Marion County Probation Department, and Marion County Jail. This paper will review the Marion County Probation Department’s organizational design, its effectiveness and recommendations

Learning about the county jail was an interesting experience. Amongst all the sight seeking, I realized there was several departments within the jail itself. The different departments are called the booking department, incident reports, and finger printing department.

On July 16th, Emerson Jones, an inmate at the Buckeye Juvenile Correctional Institute, engaged and incited in a prison riot between two gangs. During the full-scale riot, Jones fractured his wrist. Now, Plaintiff Emerson Jones is prosecuting the Buckeye Juvenile Correctional Institute, BJCI, for violating his eighth amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. The two elements that will be called into question is whether or not Guard Mendez acted in sadism and maliciousness and whether or not Nurse Robin Rodgers acted recklessly while knowing the substantial risk of harm. However, the preponderance of the evidence and the law clearly proves that BJCI is not guilty of violating

On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at about 2057 hours while present at group 31 officer, I conducted an inmate lookup thru the NYC Dept. Corruption website and it disclosed that Mr. Aaron Batista NYSID #06519797M is currently being held by the NYC Dept. of Correction in Otis Bantum Correctional Center. This inquiry was conducted in an effort to located and ascertain from Mr. Batista if all of his courtesy cards were returned to him from his arrest in February 4 and 5 of

In July 2015, the Faulkner County Juvenile Drug Court began collaborating with other agencies to provide additional resources for young youth involved with the juvenile justice system. The Faulkner County Juvenile Drug Court’s mission is to “prevent future court involvement and to encourage positive appropriate behaviors that will further help those young people contribute to society on into adulthood.”

Defendant Smith has been arrested for possession of enough ecstasy for two hits and has admitted to using alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana in the past. Clearly this indicates that he has a drug problem. However, he has no prior criminal record, has held down a job in construction for the past two years, and has a child for whom he must pay child support. He has fallen behind as of late and may be tied to his drug abuse, for which he has never received counseling or treatment. Give that he has never received treatment, has a job, and a child to support, I would recommend that he be placed into a Drug Court Program.

I, Yuniqua Burris observed a pre-trial case June 13, 2016 at York County Detention Center also known as Moss Justice Center. I observed a case of Domestic Violence 3rd Degree between a young woman and her boyfriend. The criminal domestic violence law apples to anyone that lives with a spouse or who have lived with the spouse, if they've been married, or have children together. In this case young lady and her boyfriend have a child together this is why it's considered a domestic violence case. The young man pressed charges against the woman. The young lady was arrested April 15, 2016. After that day the judge issued an protection order against the young man until farther notice witch was the following court date. The charge could've carried

Wabash and Huntington County Jails are both jails [WCJ], [HCJ], but are totally different. They have different capacities for inmates; they both have different types of environments for the inmates to have a little bit of free time. They also have their own problems in keeping the inmates in that facility, money is an issue for one or both jails. Keeping the inmates feed is an issue when the jail is way over the maximum capacity, and these are the three topics that I will focus on.

A murder suspect who escaped from a Mississippi jail was shot dead by a family he held hostage for several hours inside their home Thursday, police said.

The key issues within the jails and other short term detention centers are the over crowded population, the mental health issues, bails, along with funding for these facilities. When I did my research on the cook county jail, Sheriff Tom Dart spoke on how many inmates were detained due to lack of funds they posses for bail. Tom Dart said that many of those inmates would not be there if their bail bonds were not so expensive, which could help with the overcrowding of the jails. There was an interview taken with an inmate in the county jail and the inmate stated he was incarcerated for retail theft, stealing $70 worth of ground beef. This inmate could not afford bail so he had to sit in the county jail until convicted of the crime. Furthermore, the county jail is the only place where most people gets their comfort from. We have so many poor people who are living on the streets as a consequence have no funds for food, that finds their way to the county jail for the comfort of warmth and meals during the winter months. Mental illness has become a huge conversation

IDENTIFYING DATA D Data: The inmate is a 24 year old, White male, serving 5 years for POSS. On count. Sub. FEL. W/a gun/ammo. This is his first Fl DOC incarceration. He entered into the Florida Department of Correction on 4/18/2015. The curent TRD is 4/26/2018

On 12/10/2015 at approximately 0035 hours, I checked in with Officer Welch in reference to his vehicle pursuit. Upon my arrival I observed Officer Welch already in the process of detaining Alexander James George. I then proceeded to take custody of Mr. George while Officer Welch accompany Harnett County K9 Officer in tracking the driver who fled on foot.

Although I do agree certain reforms need to be made to improve the living conditions of prisoners, as I have stated, the arguments offered in this article were hindered by some instances. I feel that the first argument had strong and credible evidence to support it, but with more information provided it would have helped to inform a reader with no previous knowledge about the history of the issue. As for the second argument, this one would have been much stronger with the incorporation of hard data, such as the details of living conditions, and also if more than one side of the problem had been presented. However, I did find the article very enlightening due to the strength of being able to inform on the ongoing fight that little is heard about through specific examples. Moreover, I enjoyed reading it because if there is an issue of injustice, I believe something should be done, even if it does not pertain to

Both male and female detainee’s that are found guilty and are sentenced to prison are taken first assembling and heading center where they are booked, evaluated and described to the foundation to which they will over the long haul be sent. The processing system regularly takes around 10 days, yet prisoners a significant part of the time stay in social occasion units three to five weeks longer while they sit tight, in the particular correctional facility to which they have been doled out.

As a jail administrator, the decision to cut what present programs or allocations given would be based on the size, budget and the responsibilities of the facility. First response would be to cut the teacher, being that the jail is a relatively short detention facility it would be more beneficial for the facility to retain the correctional officer. The safety and security of the facility, including the staff, inmates, as well as daily operations and processing of inmates would be the primary responsibility. However, the decision would be based on what Inmate Services and Programs were currently in place, legal requirements, and the number of correctional officers and teachers on staff. If the facility offered an Inmate Program that consisted