Week 5 discussion
Public Information Officer (graded)
Discuss Scenario 2 found in Youre the Correctional Administrator, on page 321 of the text. Discuss the actual extent to which inmate-on-inmate, inmate-on-staff, and staff-on-inmate violence occurs. Describe methods by which this problem can be handled. Also discuss the types of programs and policies that fail to handle such problems. Then explain why violent crimes by inmates and parolees continue despite all efforts to limit such events.
Dq2
Prison Security Threat Groups (graded)
Discuss Scenario 2 found in Youre the Correctional Administrator, on page 360 of the text. Discuss the importance of assessing prison security threats. Identify the criteria commonly used to make this assessment, both at the state and federal levels, and then evaluate the success of these efforts by prison officials.
Week 6 discussion
Model Prison Programs (graded)
Discuss Scenario 1 found in Youre the Correctional Administrator, on page 387 of the text. Discuss the underlying nature of various successful inmate reentry programs. Identify the characteristics of two or more successful programs and other programs found to be less than successful. Analyze the commonly reported reasons as to why reentry or aftercare programs do not meet the systems expectations. Then present your model prison program and explain why you feel this program is likely to work where others have failed.
DQ2
Medical Services Budget (graded)
Discuss Scenario 1 found in Youre the Correctional Administrator, on pages 419 and 420 of the text. Discuss the aging prison inmate population and the likely costs associated with a population cohort that, on average, ages more rapidly due to prison life than does the general population. In your discussion, address the relevance of a compassionate release alternative for older inmates with health problems to cut medical care costs for the prison. In this discussion, make reference to already established programs that utilize such an approach to help decrease the cost of medical services associated with an aging prison population.