SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GUARD PERSONNEL IN MODERN CORRECTIONS (FROM CODETERMINATION IN PRISON - RESOCIALIZATION AS DEMOCRATIZATION - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, 1973 BY UWE GERBER - SEE NCJ-28297)

• NCJ Number: 28303
• Author(s): J HOHMEIER
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Evangelische Akademie Loccum
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

GUARD PERSONNEL SHOULD BE MORE CAREFULLY SELECTED AND BETTER TRAINED AND SHOULD SHARE IN DECISION-MAKING IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE ROLE OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE TREATMENT OF INMATES LEADING TO RESOCIALIZATION.

Abstract

THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF PRISON GUARDS IN NORTH THINE WESTPHALIA, WEST GERMANY, ARE REVIEWED. THAT SURVEY INDICATED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT 44 PERCENT OF PRISON GUARDS CONSIDERED THE PRESERVATION OF SECURITY AND ORDER TO BE THEIR PRIMARY DUTY. ALSO, ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THEM DEMONSTRATED THE ATTITUDE THAT IMPRISONMENT WAS A SORT OF RETRIBUTION AGAINST THE INMATES FOR THEIR CRIMES. THESE RESULTS INDICATE THAT THERE IS EITHER A NEED FOR GREATER SELECTIVITY IN HIRING GUARD PERSONNEL OR FOR EXTENSIVE RETRAINING OF THEM IN ORDER TO CORRECT THESE ATTITUDES, WHICH TEND TO WORK AGAINST THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE TREATMENT OF INMATES. --IN GERMAN