You are a member of the training division in a maximum-security prison facility.
Assignment Details Assignment Description Scenario: You are a
member of the training division in a maximum-security prison
facility. There are about 8,000 inmates, and another 350 staff
members, of which 220 are corrections officers. Because of the
recent economic downturn, the number of prisoners incarcerated for
property crimes, such as grand thefts and burglaries, has been on
the rise. About 3,000 of the 8,000 inmates are violent offenders.
Traditionally, the violent offenders establish a structure of
control amongst the inmates, and often abuse the property crime
offenders who are not used to violence. You have been tasked by the
warden and the prison counsel, the mayor, and the city council to
provide a method for dealing with an anticipated rise in violence
as the demographic of the prison population puts more less
experienced inmates in the facility. You must identify types of
personnel who you would involve in the evaluation. There will be a
number of inmates whose mental health will make them prone to
violence, and some who will be more likely to be victimized by that
violence. An example that may be considered is not to put a
minority in a cell block with large numbers of members of white
supremacy gangs. Other
issues might include identifying persons who have demonstrated leadership through force, and segregating them to prevent them from affecting the population’s mood.
In a 3–5 page position paper, respond to the following questions based on the scenario:
Describe how corrections officers responding to an incident in the
cell block might identify a potentially mentally ill inmate from
one that is just acting out. Explore the mental illness of
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, and bipolar
disorder. Given the confines of the cell block, how you would best
approach an inmate who is suffering from one of these three
conditions? Explain what you believe should be included in training
corrections officers and staff to safely handle mentally ill
inmates in a restricted environment (keep in mind: safety first,
followed by reasonable empathy). It is critical that, when you make
a statement of fact in your presentation, you cite the reference
that you used to obtain the information from. Do this in the text
of the paper, and then include the reference in your References
page. As always, your paper will be submitted in the current
edition of APA format. No abstract is required because this is a
short position paper, but a title page, reference page, and
appropriate running head with page numbers are necessary. For
assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web
resources, and all course materials
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