CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AS AN ENEMY OF CORRECTIONS

• NCJ Number: 10649
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1973) Pages: 8-13
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES OF MANY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE THE MAJOR ENEMY OF EFFECTIVE CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS.

Abstract

ALL INMATES BECOME MORE OR LESS PRISONIZED AS THE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THEIR EXPOSURE TO THE INFORMAL SYSTEM OF INMATE SOCIETY INCREASES, AND PRISONIZATION IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO CRIMINALIZATION. THE SUCCESS OF TREATMENT PROGRAMS IS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY ITS CORRESPONDENCE AND SIMILARITY TO THE FORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE INSTITUTION, AND THUS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE DEGREE OF SUPPORT WHICH THAT FORMAL STRUCTURE RECEIVES FROM THE INFORMAL SYSTEM OF THE INMATE SOCIETY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)