DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION OF AN ALTERATION IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE STAFF PRISON AT KRAGSKOVHEDE - DENMARK

• NCJ Number: 31180
• Author(s): O DALA; B HOLSTEIN; O INGSTRUP
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 279 pages
• Corporate Author: Denmark Ministry of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Historical Overview
• Country: Denmark

Annotation

THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE NEW STRUCTURE ARE THE PLACEMENT OF A SOCIAL ADVISOR AND A SENIOR GUARD IN EACH MAJOR BLOCK AND KEEPING GUARD PERSONNEL WHERE THEY ARE RATHER THAN ROTATING THEM

Abstract

ASSIGNING GUARD PERSONNEL PERMANENTLY TO SPECIFIC BLOCKS WILL ENABLE THEM AND THE INMATES TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER, AND THEREFORE GET ALONG BETTER. PLACING THE SOCIAL ADVISERS AND SENIOR GUARDS WITHIN GHE BLOCKS WILL ENABLE THEM TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THE INMATES' DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS. A SURVEY CONDUCTED AMONG INMATES AND STAFF PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT OPINION FAVORED THE NEW STRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE STAFF PERSONNEL. STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED ON THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY. THE TEXT OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE USED IN THE SURVEY IS GIVEN IN AN APPENDIX. THE HISTORY OF STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE KRAGSKOVHEDE PRISON IS DISCUSSED, AND ITS LAYOUT IS DESCRIVED, ILLUSTRATED BY DIAGRAMS. --IN DANISH