Jail Culture

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Section One The main purpose of reading 6 as witnessed by Metz, A. (2002) in “Life on the Inside: The Jailers”, the author describes just how jailers live inside our correctional facilities. The jailers themselves point out how the conditions and the stressful environment they go through when dealing with inmates. The key question that is being addressed is how officer’s deal with the same issues the inmates encounter inside, therefore becoming a product of their working environment. Officers have to deal with human behavior that nobody wants on the outside. The stigma the community has placed in jailers is that they are no different than those that have been incarcerated, especially when there is violence toward an inmate. During the time …show more content…

(2008). The main purpose of this article was that the internal culture that resides inside the jails ultimately depends on how the inmates may adapt to the environment. The culture is in form of polices, rules and attitudes of the correction officers. The importance of the correction officer ability to humanize inmates will have a greater success rate of how the officers are treated themselves, thus reducing their own stress levels in their work environment. The main assumption from this article is that although it’s difficult to gaze how every inmate will adjust once inside the system different factors are considered to include the attitude of the officers. The criminal history of the inmate plays a role as well on how quickly he or she will adapt. When policies are in place, life inside the jail is much simpler to abide by because of the rules and the structure that is in place and expected to be followed. The structure creates a better environment not only for the inmates but the jailers as well. The limitation of this article was that it was based more on female offenders and not male offenders. Punishment does not or should not change based on ones gender. As a former officer in the jails all inmates are treated equally as far as punishment and discipline is …show more content…

The bottom line is that regardless of what environment we are contained to, the way one treats another person will have an effect on their own environment and their own stress level. This problem will continue until we can humanize the individual away from the environment. The problems of the jails have changed over the years as well, today we see less overcrowding based on (2014) Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Survey of Jails, statistic report that was written by “Todd D. Minton and Daniela Golinelli”. It shows a dramatic decrease of male incarcerations between 2012 and 2013. In addition, higher turnover rates among jail personnel are attributed as officers use their experience as stepping stones for other agencies. In speaking to local jailers here in El Paso panic alarms are not worn by officers; Today’s jail standards require a minimum amount of officers per inmates to properly monitor their daily interaction inside the

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