CHAPTER THIRTEEN

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

• PRISON LIFE

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Men in Prison

• Total institution experience
• Process
• Classification
• Loss of personal dignity and privacy
• Attitude and behavior adjustments
• Learning to survive

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Adjusting to Prison

• Early experiences
• Cliques
• What happens to punks and snitches in prison?
• Coping

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Conflict and Hustling

• The hustle
• The hidden economy
• Racial conflict
• Self-segregate
• Who holds the power?
• Creating a niche for themselves

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Inmate Social Code

• Social codeunwritten guidelines
• Principles
• Dont interfere with other inmate interests
• Dont lose your head
• Dont exploit inmates
• Be tough
• Dont be a sucker

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History of Women in Prison

• Few institutions before 1960
• Viewed as morally depraved
• About 7 of prison population

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Female Institutions

• Smaller than male prisons
• Many are minimum security
• Most lack treatment programs
• Many lack meaningful work opportunities

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Female Inmates

• Demographics
• Young
• Minority
• Unmarried
• Undereducated
• Unemployed
• Come from troubled home
• Many have children
• Significant number have drug problems

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Females Adapting to Prison

• No rigid social code as in male prisons
• Anger directed inward
• Create make-believe families
• Parents, siblings
• Fills psychological and emotional needs

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Group Counseling

• Most common treatment
• Learn to
• Control emotions
• Communicate effectively
• Manage life issues
• Develop and maintain social relationships

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Educational and Vocational Programs

• First treatment programs
• Prison industries
• Work-release programs
• Programs in female prisons

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Can Rehabilitation Work?

• Martinson report
• Little effect on recidivism
• New research shows some impact

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No-Frills Movement
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Some Programs Do Succeed

• Some have 20-35 success rate
• Characteristics of successful programs
• Intensive
• Aimed at teaching new skill to deal with
  personality problems
• Reinforced by rewards
• Therapists relate in a positive manner
• Inmates put in positive environment

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Types of Prison Violence

• Rapes
• Nonsexual assaults
• Prison riots

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Individual Violence

• Many are violent when come in
• Some become violent
• Inhumane conditions
• Grievances dont work
• Lack of security

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Prisoners Rights

• Historically
• Access to courts and legal services
• Prisoners can sue for violation of civil rights
• Must provide law library
• Can sue guards
• 1st Amendment rights
• Freedom of religion

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment

• What is it?
• Jackson v. Bishop
• Outlawed corporal punishment

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Parole

• Becomes eligible
• Completing minimum sentence less good time
• Remains under supervision of PO
• Granted by parole board
• Determine if rehabilitated
• Swayed by overcrowding
• A privilege
• Parole violations

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Effectiveness of Parole

• Recidivism rates50 or more
• 80 of parole violators committed a new offense
• Why do they fail?

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Harsh Realities

• Hard finding a job
• Legal restrictions
• No right to vote
• Termination of parental rights
• Legal grounds for divorce
• Cannot run for office
• Cannot own guns

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PRISON LIFE

• END CHAPTER THIRTEEN