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Maintaining Inmate Security and Control in Correctional Facilities
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Prison “overcrowding has become one of the major issues in our correctional facilities and
criminal justice system. Overcrowding in the correctional facilities could lead to increased
violence, spread of many preventable illnesses due to unhygienic conditions, among other
problems that could jeopardize the safety of the inmates and officers as well. Security and
control are important in correctional facilities because they ensure the well-being of the inmates
as well as the officers working there in the correctional institution.” There “are numerous
measures that have been placed to ensure the safety and security of the inmates and officials but
it is hard to conclude whether it has something to do with the security features such as physical
design of the institution, presence of security barriers/external patrols, or highly secured
perimeters” (Federal Bureau of Prisons, n.d.). “Not only does ensuring security and maintaining
control of the correctional facilities ensure everything runs safely and smoothly inside and
outside the prison perimeters, but it also ensures the public safety by making sure the inmates
don’t escape from the facility and reenter into the society without following the correct
procedures.” This “paper will discuss a variety of different methods that are utilized by
correctional facilities in an attempt to ensure security and maintain inmate custody and control
such as administrative segregation, classification, administrative model, guarding the prison
(perimeter and internal security, methods of control, and gender conflicts), and management of
COVID-19. The paper will also discuss any ethical concern that may be relevant for these
methods in maintaining inmate security and” control.
Methods Used to Maintain Inmate Security and Control in Correctional Facilities
Administrative Segregation
Administrative “segregation is commonly known as solitary confinement. Inmates with
disruptive or violent behaviors are place in administrative segregation or solitary confinement to
Maintaining Inmate Security and Control in Correctional Facilities
Student’s name
Institutional affiliation
Course
Instructor’s details
Date
, 2
Prison “overcrowding has become one of the major issues in our correctional facilities and
criminal justice system. Overcrowding in the correctional facilities could lead to increased
violence, spread of many preventable illnesses due to unhygienic conditions, among other
problems that could jeopardize the safety of the inmates and officers as well. Security and
control are important in correctional facilities because they ensure the well-being of the inmates
as well as the officers working there in the correctional institution.” There “are numerous
measures that have been placed to ensure the safety and security of the inmates and officials but
it is hard to conclude whether it has something to do with the security features such as physical
design of the institution, presence of security barriers/external patrols, or highly secured
perimeters” (Federal Bureau of Prisons, n.d.). “Not only does ensuring security and maintaining
control of the correctional facilities ensure everything runs safely and smoothly inside and
outside the prison perimeters, but it also ensures the public safety by making sure the inmates
don’t escape from the facility and reenter into the society without following the correct
procedures.” This “paper will discuss a variety of different methods that are utilized by
correctional facilities in an attempt to ensure security and maintain inmate custody and control
such as administrative segregation, classification, administrative model, guarding the prison
(perimeter and internal security, methods of control, and gender conflicts), and management of
COVID-19. The paper will also discuss any ethical concern that may be relevant for these
methods in maintaining inmate security and” control.
Methods Used to Maintain Inmate Security and Control in Correctional Facilities
Administrative Segregation
Administrative “segregation is commonly known as solitary confinement. Inmates with
disruptive or violent behaviors are place in administrative segregation or solitary confinement to
