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Managing Prisons—Best Practices and Policy Reform

Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.

**To what degree does your professional experience or your learning differ from popular depictions of life in prison?

**Next, imagine that the warden has asked you to devise a plan to address the emerging issues and challenges described in the case study found in the document, Criminal Justice Case Studies: The Case of the Prison in Crisis.

Submit a 750- to 1,250-word plan that includes/addresses the following:

· Explain the best practices you would implement, in the short-term, to address the issues and challenges described in the case study.

· Analyze ethical and legal issues/standards you would take into consideration before implementing your plan.

· Explain at least three significant policy changes you would recommend to reduce overcrowding and improve prison conditions in the long-term.

· Under what circumstances is rehabilitation effective?

· Under what circumstances is rehabilitation ineffective?

· Is the cost of rehabilitation worth it? Why or why not?

**Next, in 300 words, provide an argument for or against the use of supermax prisons. In your argument, be sure to consider the following issues related to the use of supermax prisons:

· Safety of the public, prison employees, and the general inmate population

· Control and order over inmates in these prisons

· Conditions and punishments in these prisons

· Rehabilitation of inmates, their successful reentry into the community, and their likelihood of recidivating

· Costs of building and managing these prisons

HE HUMAN STORIES BEHIND MASS INCARCERATION (13:40)

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The Human Stories Behind Mass Incarceration

Abrams, E. (2017, November). The human stories behind mass incarceration [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/eve_abrams_the_human_stories_behind_mass_incarceration

Prison administrators are responsible for protecting the public from criminal offenders, ensuring the safety of prison employees and inmates, and providing inmates with adequate shelter, food, and medical care. Meeting these responsibilities is difficult even without the added challenges of overcrowding, the spread of infectious diseases, and the proliferation of mental illness in prisons. In the selections below, you will examine some of the issues and challenges facing the contemporary prison system.

ARTICLE: EVEN IN PRISON, HEALTH CARE OFTEN COMES WITH A CO-PAY

Even in Prison, Health Care Often Comes with a Co-Pay

Andrews, M. (2015, September 30). Even in prison, health care often comes with a co-pay.Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/30/444451967/even-in-prison-health-care-often-comes-with-a-copay

Time Estimate: 15 min

ARTICLE: AMERICA’S LARGEST MENTAL HOSPITAL IS A JAIL

America’s Largest Mental Hospital Is a Jail

Ford, M. (2015, June 8). America’s largest mental hospital is a jail. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/americas-largest-mental-hospital-is-a-jail/395012/

Time Estimate: 45 min

ARTICLE: PRISON-BASED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS

Prison-Based Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Programs

Helfgott, J. B. (2016). Prison-based cognitive behavioral treatment programs—A mechanism of panoptic control commentary on Jennifer A. Schlossberg’s (2015) narratives and discursive discipline in prison: Rewriting personal histories through cognitive-behavioral programs. Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Criminology, 8(2), 148–159.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Time Estimate: 30 min

ARTICLE: PREVENTION OF TRANSMISSION OF HIV, HEPATITIS B VIRUS, HEPATITIS C VIRUS, AND TUBERCULOSIS IN PRISONERS

Prevention of Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and Tuberculosis in Prisoners

Kamarulzaman, A., Reid, S. E., Schwitters, A., Wiessing, L., El-Bassel, N., Dolan, K., . . . Altice, F. L. (2016). Prevention of transmission of HIV, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in prisoners. The Lancet, 388(10049), 1115–1126. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30769-3

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Time Estimate: 30 min

DOCUMENT: CRIMINAL JUSTICE CASE STUDIES: THE CASE OF THE PRISON IN CRISIS

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Criminal Justice Case Studies: The Case of the Prison in Crisis (PDF)

Managing Prisons

—

Best Practices and Policy Reform

Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.

To what degree does your professional experience or your

learning differ from popular depictions of life in prison

Next, imagine that the warden has asked you to devise a plan to address

the emerging issues and challenges described in the case study found in the

document, Criminal Justice Case Studies: The Case of the Prison in Crisis.

Submit a 750

to 1,250

word plan

that includes/addresses the following:

Explain the best practices you would implement, in the short

term, to

address the issues and challenges described in the case study.

Analyze ethical and legal issues/standards you w

ould take into

consideration before implementing your plan.

Explain at least three significant policy changes you would recommend

to reduce overcrowding and improve prison conditions in the long

term.

Under what circumstances is rehabilitation effective?

nder what circumstances is rehabilitation ineffective?

Is the cost of rehabilitation worth it? Why or why not?

Next, in 300 words, provide an argument for or against the use of supermax

prisons. In your argument, be sure to consider the following issues re

lated to

the use of supermax prisons:

Safety of the public, prison employees, and the general inmate

population

Control and order over inmates in these prisons

Conditions and punishments in these prisons

Rehabilitation of inmates, their successful reentry

into the community,

and their likelihood of recidivating

Costs of building and managing these prisons

Managing Prisons—Best Practices and Policy Reform

Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.

**To what degree does your professional experience or your

learning differ from popular depictions of life in prison?

**Next, imagine that the warden has asked you to devise a plan to address

the emerging issues and challenges described in the case study found in the

document, Criminal Justice Case Studies: The Case of the Prison in Crisis.

Submit a 750- to 1,250-word plan that includes/addresses the following:

 Explain the best practices you would implement, in the short-term, to

address the issues and challenges described in the case study.

 Analyze ethical and legal issues/standards you would take into

consideration before implementing your plan.

 Explain at least three significant policy changes you would recommend

to reduce overcrowding and improve prison conditions in the long-term.

 Under what circumstances is rehabilitation effective?

 Under what circumstances is rehabilitation ineffective?

 Is the cost of rehabilitation worth it? Why or why not?

**Next, in 300 words, provide an argument for or against the use of supermax

prisons. In your argument, be sure to consider the following issues related to

the use of supermax prisons:

 Safety of the public, prison employees, and the general inmate

population

 Control and order over inmates in these prisons

 Conditions and punishments in these prisons

 Rehabilitation of inmates, their successful reentry into the community,

and their likelihood of recidivating

 Costs of building and managing these prisons