Institutional Corrections

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Institutional Corrections

• Chapter Five

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Prison Life Research

• Total institutions

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The Life Inside the Walls

• Prisonization

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Prison Subcultures

• 2 social realities in prison

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Prison Subcultures (continued)

• An adaptation to deprivation and confinementpart
  of prisonization

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Doing Time

• What Is Prisonization?

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Prisonization

• A process of desocialization followed by
  resocialization

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Sources of Prisonization
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Universal Aspects of Prisonization

• Taking on the devalued identity of convict

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The Life Inside the Walls

• He is a subordinate

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The Convict Code
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Recent Changes to Convict Code
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Doing Time

• Inmate Social System

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Doing TimeGangs

• Gangs

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Prison Gangs

• Began in 1950s, little concern until 1970s

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Prison Gangs (continued)

• Percentage of involved inmates varies with
  security level

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Prison Gang Violence
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Doing Time (continued)

• Currency

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Sex in Prison

• Situational homosexuality
• Sexual activities

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Doing Time

• Inmates and Guards
• Controlled Movement
• Counts

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Classification A Basic Element of Corrections

• As a result of the use of maximum security
  facilities and the increase in idleness of the
  offenders, two major movements in corrections
  are

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Doing Time (continued)

• Classification
• Shakedowns/Cell Searches

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The Basic Components of Classification

• Gender
• Age
• Criminal history
• Offense
• Treatment needs
• Special needs

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The Basic Philosophy Behind Classification

• The offender was perceived as a person with
  social, intellectual, or emotional deficiencies
  that should be diagnosed carefully and his
  deficiencies clinically defined (ACA, Manual
  of Correctional Standards)

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Other Major Issues Jails and Prisons in the 21st
Century
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Offender types Prisoners with HIV/AIDS (2000
data)

• 24,607 state inmates, 1,150 federal HIV
• 6,642 confirmed cases of AIDS in the U.S. Prison
  System

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