Ethical Dilemmas In Corrections

Ethics referrers to the moral philosophy which involves making moral judgment about what is right or wrong, and how individuals live their life. In the prison setting, line staff, management, and supervisors are facing ethical challenges when making decisions in their everyday work practices. Gorsira, Denkers, and Huisman (2018) noted, “organizations can influence their ethical climate, for instance, by paying attention to the ethical issues employees may face in the workplace, by stimulating open discussion about these issues”. Correctional staff is trained annually how to avoid unethical practices and how to report and document events that occur
Ethical Dilemmas in Corrections
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Simple negligence occurs while a correctional professional performs his/her duties, and the officer unintentionally creates a condition that could result in an injury or damage but does not take the proper action to prevent the injury or damage. If a person is found guilty of simple negligence a monetary award is awarded to the offender. Some examples of incidents that could result in compensation are damaging to offender property while conducting cell searches or the loss of an offender’s property. Another example, an offender is on a fifteen-minute watch, and in his written note he is not to receive any plastic utensils to eat his meals due to self-mutilation tendencies. While the officer is passing out the morning meals a utensil falls on the floor and the offender takes it and starts to cut at his wrists. The officer did acknowledge the item dropped on the floor and did not pick it up. In the scope of his duties an injury occurred, but it was not intentionally created. Gross negligence occurs when a correctional professional intends to inflict harm or injury to an offender. These issues involve unauthorized use of force, depriving offender’s right to due process during the reading of a charge, or inhuman treatment while in the duty of care. These types of incidences are tried in

Smith, 844 F.3d 653 (7th Cir. 2016). An inmate brought an action against correctional officers, claiming that the officers' hit him, fracturing part of his eye socket, and left him in a cell without medical attention, in violation of [section] 1983 and state law. The district court entered judgment for the inmate, the jury had awarded $241,001 in compensatory and punitive damages against an officer and $168,750 against a lieutenant (Part one: Complete case summaries in alphabetical order, 2015). Jones v. Westchester County, 182 F.Supp.3d 134 (S.D.N.Y. 2016). A detainee brought a [section] 1983 action against a county, county jail sergeant, and corrections officers, alleging that the defendants engaged in conduct that violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment following an altercation with an inmate. Eighth Amendment excessive force claim arising from an incident in which the officers speed-walked the detainee over a wet floor and intentionally released their hold on him as he slipped, thereby causing injuries to his knee, hip, and lower back, and then forced the detainee to stand and continue to walk to the booking area following his injury. The court found that the detainee adequately alleged that the county jail sergeant was personally involved in the incident by alleging that the sergeant knew he was in severe pain, but still forced the detainee to stand and continue the walk