TECHNIQUES OF JAIL SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE

• NCJ Number: 58829
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 0 pages
• Corporate Author: AIMS
• Sale Source: AIMS; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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IN A SERIES ADDRESSED TO CORRECTIONS OFFICERS, THIS AUDIO CASSETTE AND FILM STRIP UNIT PRESENTS INFORMATION ON JAIL DISCIPLINE AND PRISONER SELF-CONTROL.

Abstract

RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE REQUIRED AT CORRECTIONS FACILITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECURITY PERSONNEL AND UNIFORMITY OF TREATMENT. A CLEAR IDEA OF EXPECTATIONS AND PATIENCE IN AWAITING THE FULFILLMENT OF THOSE EXPECTATIONS ARE REQUIRED OF OFFICERS. PRISONERS WILL FREQUENTLY TEST THE SELF-CONTROL OF OFFICERS. TEACHING DISCIPLINE REQUIRES CONFIDENCE ON THE PART OF THE OFFICERS; IF AN OFFICER PRIVATELY ADMINISTERS PUNISHMENT TO PRISONERS THERE IS AN INDICATION OF THE BREAKDOWN OF BOTH HIS SELF-CONTROL AND HIS CONFIDENCE. THE REPORTING OF INFRACTIONS INVOLVES PROPER JUDGMENT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATION. IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO VIOLATIONS IS PREFERABLE TO DELAYED REACTIONS BY OFFICERS. GUIDELINES FOR OFFICERS INVOLVE PROVIDING CLEAR EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT THE INMATE DID WRONG, WHAT THE PROPER BEHAVIOR INVOLVES, AND WHAT PUNISHMENT COULD BE APPLIED. A WRITTEN RECORD SHOULD BE MADE OF THE WARNING. DISCUSSION WITH A PRISONER CONCERNING HIS BEHAVIOR SHOULD BE CONDUCTED IN PRIVATE, TO PREVENT INTERFERENCE FROM OTHER INMATES. THE OFFICER MUST NOT OVERREACT TO A SITUATION, BUT HE MUST ALSO NEVER BACK AWAY FROM HIS RESPONSIBILITY. VIOLENCE SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED, BUT THE OFFICER MUST BE PREPARED FOR IT BY NEVER HANDLING AN UNRULY INMATE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.