Inmate Assaults In Prison
Some of the causes for inmate assaults on correctional staff are. The prison experience itself dehumanizes the inmate and deprives the individuals of self esteem, personal value, and traditional cultural traits. This leads to to frustration, anxiety, and ultimately those behaviors condoned by the subculture, including assault and other aggressions. A second reason for inmate assaults on correctional staff are lower class mentality influenced by poverty, lack of education, drug abuse, and gang life. Inmate race, age, and type of conviction may therefore be the used to predict violent behavior or, in the case, prisoner assaults. A third cause for inmate assaults is the managerial and the institutional model. The managerial model yields the most
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Inmate assaults on jail staff differ from inmate assaults on prison staff, by local jails often reflect practices and structures dating back to the 19th century. Prison assaults occur in the full context of an institutional setting made up of complex social, cultural, organizational, and political factors that may or may not be reflective of the state prison
Inmate assaults on jail staff differ from inmate assaults on prison staff, by local jails often reflect practices and structures dating back to the 19th century. Prison assaults occur in the full context of an institutional setting made up of complex social, cultural, organizational, and political factors that may or may not be reflective of the state prison