Prison and Jail Administration: Practice and Theory

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1999 - 498 pages
Institutional Corrections Surveys history and current status of jails and various types of adult prisons with emphasis on punishment rationales, institutional programs and procedures, inmates' social structures, correctional officers, and contemporary issues.
 

Contents

Chapter
8
PART II
23
Chapter 5
32
Management Accountability
41
PART III
47
ShortTerm Institutions at the Local Level
59
Jails as LongTerm Facilities
66
Conclusion
72
Treatment Program
244
Death Row Operations
250
Supermaximum Facilities
252
The Medical Model
254
55
256
The States Adopt the Marion Model
258
Types of Classification Systems
265
What Types of Issues Are Grievable?
272

Case ManagementUnit Management
82
Education and Vocational Training
87
Prison Recreation
94
Providing Correctional Health Care Services
100
Conclusion
106
Confinement Complicates Many Problems
112
Religious Programs
117
Receiving and Discharge Mail and Records Management
123
Facilities Management
129
Feeding in InstitutionsEarly American Institutions
135
Institution Financial Operations
141
49
145
Conclusion
148
Setting the Tone and Creating the Culture
154
Early Afternoon
161
Labor Relations in Corrections
164
Conclusion
170
Developing Tomorrows Leadership
178
Cultural DiversityA Management Necessity
185
Growth in Corrections
191
INMATE MANAGEMENT ISSUES
197
Custodial Control
204
Appeals
210
McDonnell and Others
216
Chapter 3
219
Program and Activity Availability
222
Protective Custody Inmates
226
Gang Management in Corrections
232
Conclusion
238
Military Model Debate
278
Reality or Myth?
287
PROGRAMMING IN PRISON
293
Conclusion
299
Conclusion
305
Drug Treatment behind Bars
312
LEGAL OVERSIGHT AND PRISONER RIGHTS
319
Conclusion
325
Prison Litigation Reform
332
Accommodating Inmates with Disabilities
346
Conclusion
352
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
359
Interpreting the Indicators and Achieving Performance
365
Conclusion
372
Hostage Situations in Correctional Facilities
373
The Use of Force in Correctional Institutions
379
Working with the Media
386
Community Relations Boards
393
Legislative Representation
399
TECHNOLOGY AND CORRECTIONS
405
Conclusion
412
CREATING THE FUTURE
421
The Future
428
Political Involvement in Penal Operations
438
Strategic Positioning in Corrections
443
Glossary
451
Standards Development
467
About the Contributors
483
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