Professionalism In Corrections

The article describes correctional nursing as one of the hardest jobs to keep values in such, ethically and legally in a sense of what it means to be a nurse. The reason their job is so hard is they have to set aside their feelings and view on things they don’t necessarily agree with. Whereas, nurses in a hospital setting or clinic don’t have to make or choice if they want to help a patient, they just do because it’s the duty of the nurse under the American Nurse Association. The correctional nurse has to be able to deal with incarcerated inmates every day and on a daily basis. They have to be trustworthy of the inmates who may have done something against their beliefs and religion.

With gang violence continually getting worse in the United States, prisons and their staff need to make sure they are ready to take on dealing with them. This includes having the right amount of staff so chaos doesn 't break out. It is important for everyone to be aware in these situations so in the long run the government systems do not actually make it worse (Trulson, Marquart, and Kawucha). Correctional officers and guards are an important reason to why prison gangs exist and are thriving. Officers use to be able to know the names of all the inmates, thus the inmates tended to behave better for they knew if they violated a code they would get in trouble.

Paroling authorities play a vital role in correctional systems. They make most of the decisions concerning the time of releasing a number of criminals from prison. They set the required conditions of release. They also make responses concerning violations of supervision during the post release period of offenders. The paroling authorities in correctional facilities play a similar role to the courts.

Building a More Just Society ​When people think of correctional professionals they automatically think of a prison or a county jail guard. While this job does not seem like the most glorious of jobs to have in the criminal justice system, without correctional professionals there would be no one to watch the inmates and make sure that their rights are not being violated with they serve their time with the department of corrections. Being a correctional professional entails many things other than just making sure that the inmates are not fighting or trying to kill one another. Correctional professionals must execute justice by upholding the law in an ethical and constitutional manner. While there are many questions that correctional professionals

Reading the article made realize how much do correction officers actually do and how their daily life is about in the prisons. It is also know that correction officers don't get recognition from the community and the government as often as they should or none. The media portrays the wrong perception of their duties on television and movies. We are shown that the CO's are mean and treat the inmates really bad when in reality they don't. In the article the author explains to the reader what they go through while they perform their job and the feelings that runs through them for not being recognized as they should be.

Therefore, the number of the prisoner and institutions has been grown every year. However, the Federal Bureau is serving all types of prisoner more than eight decades with organizational structure, clear mission, policy, relations and Ethics. First of all, it’s well known that most of the corporations had organizational structure; one of them is the Bureau of Prisons. As far as its configured concern, it’s well organized and had a strong foundation as whole. When it was first established, the Bureau set a strong base as Correctional Excellence, Respect and Integrity.

Prisoners say, “all correction officers are disrespectful and don’t care about how much we suffer in this prison.” This group, correction officers, are some really elite guys, they have a really tough job in their workplace. All over society there is people that say, “Ohh correction officers are crooked and are overpaid.” Correction officers are the ones that get there hands dirty with all the prisoners that have murdered, raped and have broken the law in any way possible. Correction officers might be disrespectful, but they might have a reason.

Throughout the history of correctional officers, they have play an essential role on the behavior of inmates. A Correctional officer job is “a person who is responsible for the supervision safety, and security of person’s in prison” (correctionalofficer.org). People should know that correctional officer are in danger when they are working in prisons because they are containing people who committed murders, robberies, or drug crimes. There has been studies that have examined correctional officer’s level of stress and attitudes towards inmates. (Sagepub).

Davis specifies that the lack of accountability for inappropriate behavior is caused by faulty administrative action as she explains, “Grievance or investigatory procedures, where they exist, are often ineffectual...” (78). Since women’s prisons were established, sexual abuse has been used as a form of punishment, although this is not formally acknowledged by prison officials, it is undeniable that women’s prison staff more than oftentimes engage in sexual

The purpose of this discussion post is to describe patient/inmate experience within the medical unit of the prison system of my employer. Furthermore, explain the nurse’s role, along with the inmate experience. In addition, explain this nurse’s understanding of customer service satisfaction in correlation to reimbursement rates from insurance companies. SCI Retreat prison has established an internal method to communicate with inmates regarding their psychological and medical needs to the correctional healthcare team. These forms of communication are sick call slips and grievance forms.

Throughout the United States, the prison systems are currently facing several major problems, such as overcrowding, racism, gang activity, privatization, and health & mental care. Historically, these problems are affecting the inmate’s behavior, challenging the approach that prison guards practice to control this conduct. The prison system fundamental goal is to provide a “safe and secure environment for inmates, staff, and visitors,” and in order to maintain it, prison guards is expected to provide an efficient inmate behavior management. In the last five years, the National Institute of Corrections has “trained people at 150 jails” that were part of the program.

Reading the article made me acknowledge what prison guards really do and how their everyday life is about in the prisons while they perform their work. I didn't realized that correctional officers don't get an acknowledgment from the government and the community as regularly as they ought to. Indeed, even in the media they are portrayed with a wrong impression of their obligations as it appears in the TV and movies. We are shown in the media that the CO's are mean and treat the prisoners truly awful when in all actuality they don't. The writer clarifies in this article what they experience in the jail while they perform their job and the emotions that goes through them for not being perceived as they ought to be.

Inmates are more likely to have higher rates of infections due to their living conditions and exposure to persons with diseases. In order to reduce mental and medical health costs in the prison system, there are a few suggested strategies. As the warden of a prison system, my administrators and I can try several strategies to promote and increase the recruitment and retention of staff by offering a salary that creates competition, benefits, and additional incentives to the staff are essential. Nevertheless, instead of hiring from a private sector, hospitals or doctor’s office; the prison system can employ a staff of medical physicians of their own. The hiring of reliable and consistent staff can reduce the turnover rates and increase the chances of consistency in staff.

Introduction Professionalism has been described by the American Board of Internal Medicine as “constituting those attitudes and behaviors that serve to maintain patient interest above physician self-interest. ”(1) The word profession is derived from profess which means 'to proclaim something publicly'. Physicians profess two things: to be competent to help the patients and to have the patient’s best interests in mind.

TREATMENT OF LIFE SENTENCE PRISIONORS A. General considerations The above-mentioned research has shown that life imprisonment may cause desocialization and institutionalization. Penal authorities who recognize that such effects are contrary to the purposes of imprisonment may wish to consider structured programmes that alleviate some of the more detrimental results of long-term incarceration. The structured programmes could be treatment- oriented.