Download or read book A Deputy Warden s Reflections on Prison Work written by Adria L. Libolt and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a picture of prison life from the inside. It illustrates prison life as, at turns, exciting, surprising, distressing and, often, amusing. Each day is different, and anyone who walks through a prison gate had better be alert. It tells of the small human dramas that play out daily among staff, prisoners, and others who enter this gated world. It calls the reader to see that justice begins by seeing each person, staff or prisoner, as an individual with his or her own story. The passion of the author is to portray prison life as continuous with life in broader society. In prisons, we meet the same cast of characters, the same temptations, the same dangers, and the same rewards as on the outside. Rather than regarding prisons as separate worlds, we should regard them as extensions of the society in which we live. This is important because there is a continuous flow between prisons and the broader society. Those who go to prison usually return to society. Understanding how prisons work will help us as we consider how to reintegrate former prisoners into our society. As the author argues, this is difficult but important work.
Download or read book Wasted Honor 2 written by Carl R. ToersBijns and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-07-20 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In reality, prisons resemble small communities where the warden is the mayor of a small town and the unit deputy wardens serve as council members. As soon as you come to realize this background is very much like a miniature restricted adaptation of our free societies, you will understand the roles we play. The same responsibilities outside in the free world apply inside our prisons. Tools formalized to be available to administrators inside the prison consist of state statutes and policies and procedures that may be used to manage events which under the existing negative circumstances of a potentially hazardous work / living environment. This potential of danger may eventually lead to the use of force allowable by law that range from non lethal force to the use of deadly or lethal force, depending on the severity of the situation at hand. Thus when the comparison is finished, inside of the prison world we retain the basics of water, food, shelter, clothing and civility to a degree where these conditions resemblance limited and warped-minded kindness, compassion, respect, politeness and cooperation with each other to co-exist. Although there is no doubt of the correctional employees boldness to brag about the job at times, it has been established the less said in public, the better off we are explaining what we do. This book is merely a reconstruction of events as they occurred and handled. Candidly written, the author tries to show part of a story as they were gleaned from his own eyes and his own mind. Regardless of what anyone else may think, judge or conclude to be truthful or untruthful this is his own story. In other words, it is purely personal from his point of view with a touch of reality to bring forth the issue at hand. Written in fiction and non-fiction, this book demonstrates logical and illogical decision making as well as sound correctional best practices and suggestions to make it better place to work and function.
Download or read book On the Other Side of the Bars written by Dan M. Reynolds and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we got there, we saw helicopters and smoke coming from the burning buildings. We saw a large number of inmates, many clinging to a fence. We witnessed National Guard troops inside the prison with their weapons, marching in step to their posts. We saw guardsmen on top of the walls and on top of buildings. I never thought that I would end up working there, much less as the warden, some eighteen years later. Author Dan Reynolds has written an enthralling account of a decades-long career in Oklahoma corrections. In On the Other Side of the Bars, he spills his heart about everything from how it felt to live through his first execution as a warden after only ninety days on the job to the joyfully uplifting moments of seeing the wisdom of experience bear fruit. For those considering entering a career in corrections, he also details the most critical components of a safe and secure prison for staff to work in—and inmates to live in. Learn how it feels to have to deal head on with a riot, and discover why the author is mentioned in a John Grisham book.
Download or read book Prison Leadership written by Carl ToersBijns and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paperback book is a shorthand version of a designated leadership style that is based on servitude and serving others as a leader. It demonstrates the pros and cons of this manner of leading and shows the intricate parts of the characteristics and benefits of such a style in a para-military type of setting. There are many leadership books out there but this one has been adapted to apply to jails and prison and can be easily understood to be a guidebook with credible and reasonable suggestions and recommendations to improve your own style of leading others. Nothing magic in this book - it's a plain Jane version of many other books costing much more than this one. The price alone makes it a good deal to learn from legitimate experiences inside the jails and prisons that are some of the toughest places to work. No guns, all guts, and no glory. Correctional Officers, supervisors, program managers, deputy wardens and wardens and all those who work there are the forgotten cops - who are the first responders of our penal system and also members of our criminal justice system and these men and women deserve respect. This book elevates them to a respectable professional level with some levity and sarcasm included to make it all real. This is as real as it gets with no political correctness in any paragraphs written by this retired deputy warden.
Download or read book Jerry s Riot written by Kevin S. Giles and published by Booklocker.Com Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the clash between a former Alcatraz inmate, Jerry Myles, and a reform warden. This inside look at a prison riot chronicles the lives of the men involved in it and the consequences that followed.
Download or read book Executive Training for New Wardens written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deputy Warden written by National Learning Corporation and published by Career Examination. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Deputy Warden Passbook(R) prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study.
Download or read book Observations and Reflections on the Penitentiary System written by Franklin Bache and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Prison Warden and the Custodial Staff written by Walter Albin Lunden and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Addressing Correctional Officer Stress written by Peter Finn and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Job Satisfaction Occupational Sentiments and Work related Stress of Prison Wardens written by Martina A.A. DaSilva and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the results of the National Prison Wardens' Survey to ascertain the levels of job satisfaction, occupational sentiments, and work-related stress among prison wardens and to establish whether these variables differed between male and female respondents. The findings indicated that wardens generally experience high levels of job satisfaction, reflect positive occupational sentiments, and report low levels of work-related stress. Additionally, results from the Chi-square tests and Lambda measures of association indicated that little to no relationship existed between gender and any of the explored variables.
Download or read book Reflections Of An American Political Prisoner written by Michael O. Billington and published by Executive Intelligence Review. This book was released on 2015-09-04 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Billington, the author of this autobiographical memoir, is one of a dozen individuals who were sent to prison in 1989 with America's foremost statesman, Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Sentenced to 77 years by George Bush's “Get LaRouche Task Force,” he spent his imprisonment in study and writing--to bridge the divide between East and West. Empire is based upon the ancient principle of divide and rule; by clearing up misunderstandings among cultures, he was able to play a leading role in putting together the combination of forces today oriented around the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) which have in large measure now adopted the “The New Silk Road” policies of LaRouche, EIR and the Schiller Institute for Hamiltonian scientific progress for the benefit of all mankind. Included in this book are 2 very important studies by Billington which every literate person should read to be able to understand Asia, China and the path to bring America into the win-win paradigm of a better future.
Download or read book Becoming a Model Warden written by Clemens Bartollas and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops a model of proactive management of prisons, and discusses the role of proactive wardens in implementing and evolving this new approach to corrections. Chapter 1 surveys the careers of three well-respected autocratic wardens of the early 20th century : Lewis E. Lawes (Sing Sing), Clinton Duffy (San Quentin), and Joseph Ragen (Stateville & Joliet). Chapter 2 documents the bureaucratization of corrections following World War II, then the emergence in the 1980s of a new type of correctional administrator - the proactive warden. Chapter 3 examines the major events and changes in the Minnesota Department of Corrections from the late 1960s to the present, and how these changes were experienced and viewed by Frank Wood, a proactive warden. Chapter 4 presents Wood's background, and his views on management in the prison context, leadership, and his own achievements. Chapter 5 adds detail to the proactive model of prison administration, discussing philosophy and practice, approaches, and useful preparatory experiences. Chapter 5 looks at the importance of integrity in proactive prison management, treating others with dignity, having a strong belief system, relating to politicians, and taking a stand on important issues. Chapter 7 focuses on staff development, beginning with the type of staff needed, the role of participative management, motivation, training, and correction of mistakes. Chapter 8 explores how to thrive, considers the problems that wardens will encounter, and the various strategies - hands-on approach, having a clean institution, being predictable, and avoiding surprises - that can be used to manage them. Chapter 8 discusses what it means to manage a humane institutions. Chapter 10 reviews the career of Frank Wood and the leadership of other proactive wardens, and considers the criticisms made of the model.
Download or read book America s Jails written by Derek Jeffreys and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the contemporary crisis in U.S. jails with recommendations for improving and protecting the dignity of inmates Twelve million Americans go through the U.S. jail system on an annual basis. Jails, which differ significantly from prisons, are designed to house inmates for short amounts of time, and are often occupied by large populations of legally innocent people waiting for a trial. Jails often have deplorable sanitary conditions, and there are countless records of inmates being brutalized by staff and other inmates while in custody. Local municipalities use jails to institutionalize those whom they perceive to be a threat, so hundreds of thousands of inmates suffer from mental illness. People abandoned by families or lacking health insurance, or those who cannot afford bail, often cycle in and out of jails. In America’s Jails, Derek Jeffreys draws on sociology, philosophy, history, and his personal experience volunteering in jails and prisons to provide an understanding of the jail experience from the inmates’ perspective, focusing on the stigma that surrounds incarceration. Using his research at Cook County Jail, the nation’s largest single-site jail, Jeffreys attests that jail inmates possess an inherent dignity that should govern how we treat them. Ultimately, fundamental changes in the U.S. jail system are necessary and America’s Jails provides specific policy recommendations for changing its poor conditions. Highlighting the experiences of inmates themselves, America’s Jails aims to shift public perception and understanding of jail inmates to center their inherent dignity and help eliminate the stigma attached to their incarceration.
Download or read book When Texas Prison Scams Religion written by Michael G. Maness and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-05-22 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Texas Prison Scams Religion exposes corruption in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, especially in the abuse of religion. In many ways, this book is a literature review of 1,800-plus works that defends freedom of conscience in prison while exposing the unconstitutionality of the seminary program that “buys faith with favor” from prisoners. The state veritably ordains the prisoner a “Field Minister” that represents the offices of the Governor, TDCJ Director, and wardens throughout the prison. Therein, TDCJ lies about neutrality in a program all about Christian missions and lies again in falsely certifying elementary Bible students as counselors. Why is the director sponsoring psychopaths counseling psychopaths? In fact, TDCJ pays $314 million a year to UTMB for psychiatric care and receives not a single report of the care given, and worse, for UTMB generates no reports itself. The underbelly TDCJ’s executive culture of cover up is exposed. TDCJ has hired the lowest qualified of the applicant pool many times in the last 25 years and regularly destroys statistics on violence. TDCJ Dir. Collier led the prison to model Louisiana Warden Burl Cain, the most scandal-ridden in penal history according to a host of published news stories for 20 years. Therein, Collier led TDCJ to favor the smallest segment of religious society within Evangelical Dominionism. Texas has no business endorsing the truth of any religion over another. We close with a proposal that utilizes the 400,000,000 hours of officer contact over ten years as a definitive influence in contrast to a commissioner that spends less than 10 minutes on each decision. Maness has been lobbying Austin for 15 years to definitively access staff for his “100,000 Mothers’ 1% Certainty Parole Texas Constitutional Amendment,” which would revolutionize prison culture and save Texans millions of the dollars.
Download or read book The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture written by Mika Haritos-Fatouros and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original research, including interviews with former Greek torturers, is supplemented by discussion of former studies, military records and other sources, to provide disturbing but valuable insights into the psychology of torture. The book describes parallel situations such as the rites of passage in pre-industrial societies and cults, elite Corps military training and college hazing, eventually concluding that the torturer is not born, but made. Of essential interest to academics and students interested in social psychology and related disciplines, this book will also be extremely valuable to policy-makers, professionals working in government, and all those interested in securing and promoting human rights.
Download or read book All the Year Round written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
