Case Study: Institutional Security And Violence

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Seminar unit 6 option two. Unit 6 seminar is over Institutional security and violence. You went over the writing assignment it has to be three to four pages, techniques used to ensure staff and inmate safety, why to control in prisons are important, and list 9 items are used to maintain control. You went over roits Attica State Prison vs New Mexico State Prison. Which Attica was September 9, 1971 it lasted four days. The New Mexico was February 2, 1980 which lasted two days. Which both cases were very violent and both had the same contributing factors. What is the main difference between Attica and more current riots such as New Mexico. You went over the main types of Prison violence which are Riots and major disturbances, inmate assaults on staff, staff assaults on inmates, inmates versus inmates, and self-inflicted violence. You went over the causes of prison violence which are violent characteristics of inmates, social factors, and structural and institutional factors. You went over prison programs and services which are treatment programs, self-help programs, educations, and services. Treatment programs are behavior therapy and drug related. Self-helped programs are anger management, AA, and moral development. Education is vocational and religion. When it comes to services it is medical, visitation, library, and prison industries. In addition to counseling and treatment the institution are responsible for physical, educational, recreational, and spiritual needs of inmates. Ways to reduce