Exam 13: Correctional Professionals: Misconduct and Responses

Discuss the scandals that have surrounded the New York prison system.

In the 1990s, Corcoran prison guards in California were accused of setting up gladiator-type fights between inmates and encouraging or allowing prisoner rapes.

Of the types of abuse discussed by Souryal and McCarthy, budgetary abuse is the one that is most in your control: you are the governor of the State of Michigan. Three major reforms are up for consideration: the reduction of the use of isolation units, which will potentially lead to more overcrowding, the institution of better medical care, which will be partially funded by co-payments, and the increase of family visits and educational programming, which will be on a "pay-as-you-go" basis. How will you decide what to prioritize? Are there other solutions available to you?

Which of the following statements is a conclusion that can be drawn from the Stanford Prison Experiment?

Zimbardo's experiment demonstrated that educated men on the whole were less prone to violence.

The Attorney General has hired you to review inmate complaints emanating from a state prison. Your investigation reveals that a group of six correctional officers is responsible for most of the issues. All six were part of the same training class and began work at the prison together. You are summarizing your findings for the Attorney General. Several complaints related to the officers' failure to follow up on requests for medical care. There was also one complaint regarding lost mail. Your investigation leads you to believe that these issues were not intentional on the part of the officers; nevertheless, they still get classified as: