MEDIUM SECURITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

MEDIUM SECURITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

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Creation of a medium-security correctional facility

Introduction

A correctional facility is a facility that is used to correct the behavior of wrongdoers. It is most likely a prison whereby the people who have failed to fit into the society are taken, their behavior corrected in confinement then they are later released after they are okay when they can interact with the other people in the society. This correctional facility will help in making sure that the behaviors which are not good according to the standards of the society in penny Sylvia are corrected accordingly for the society to stay at peace.

Location

The location of the correctional facility will be a suburban location. This is to make sure all the services and products needed to run the correctional facility can be accessed from the town with ease and very fast. It is one of the best locations for this as it also teaches people to be responsible. This is because the inmates will be able to see the other people around them but they will not be able to interact with them. It will create the urge for community life in their minds and therefore through this, they will try to change fast to go back to society. In contrast, if it would be located in a rural area it will be difficult to get services and products to run the correctional facility. At the same time, it would be difficult to make sure the correction is perfect because in a suburban environment the inmates will have people around them and they will desire social life which will push them to change. This is not possible in a rural setting. (Johnson, 2006)

Auburn system

Auburn’s system of correction will be employed in this type of correctional facility. This is because it is one of the best correctional methods to exist. It is also called as New York system and concrete system. In this type of correctional facility, the inmates are supposed to work throughout the day then they are kept in total silence all the time and they are involved in work during the day. This type of correctional method is very good and very important not only for personal benefit but also for society. It can be referred to as more rehabilitation than compared to imprisonment. Therefore the inmates will be encouraged to work and in doing this they will do everything for themselves without the need to bring in outside help to help in work inside and this will not only reduce the cost but will make sure they get the necessary skills as well as teach them responsibility. This means that by the time their confinement period is over they will get out and go to be beneficial to society while at the same time their behavior corrected. (Klein, 1920)

Number of inmates

In this type of correctional facility even though flogging will not be allowed there will be other types of correctional methods like a shower bath. This is a type of punishment whereby a person is bathed in cold water.

For this facility, we shall have a maximum of 300 inmates. This is because it will be located in the suburbs and getting a good spacious environment is not easy. In addition to the management of the correctional facility becomes difficult when the inmates are many and therefore having 300 inmates will allow the correctional facility to correct the behaviour of the inmates in the best manner possible with the resources available.

Number of staff

In this correctional facility, the number of staff will be few. This is because the auburn system will be used and therefore the inmates will do most of the work. We shall have a maximum of 20 employees in the management and running of the correctional facility. These include people like security officers, office staff, and others who will enable the perfect running of the correctional facility. These will be the ones supposed to make sure the inmates work as they are supposed to do so that the results needed and the work which needs to be done in the correctional facility is done in the right manner.

Services

The general term which can be used for this term is rehabilitation facilities and therefore there will be different types of rehabilitation services. These include denial of certain types of freedom like freedom of speech whereby in the Auburn system there will be total silence enforced. This will make the inmates obedient to their masters and superiors thus making the running of the correctional facility easy and better. Other rehabilitative services will include services like counseling and psychiatric measures to make sure the inmates are mentally okay (Fazel, Doll, & Långström, 2008). There will be responsibility training as well as making sure the inmates are conversant with the common works a person is supposed to do in the home environment as well as other types of environments. This will be possible through the daily work the inmates will be engaged in. (American Psychiatric Association, 2015)

The institution will be a state facility and therefore it will only correct inmates from this specific state and not any other. Therefore it will be under the state and the state will be responsible for everything that happens within the correctional facility. The security will be provided by the state and the facility will be completely safe and secure.

Conclusion

In conclusion, it is imperative to state that this type of facility will enable the correction of behaviors and will lead to a more peaceful and better society for people to live in. it will be one of the best correctional facilities and thus it will lead to the shaping of the change of mindset about correctional facilities.

References

American Psychiatric Association. (2015). Psychiatric services in correctional facilities. American Psychiatric Pub.Fazel, S., Doll, H., & Långström, N. (2008). Mental disorders among adolescents in juvenile detention and correctional facilities: a systematic review and metaregression analysis of 25 surveys. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 47(9), 1010-1019.

Johnson, M. P. (2006). Decision models for the location of community corrections centers. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 33(3), 393-412.

Klein, P. (1920). Prison Methods in New York State: A Contribution to the Study of the Theory and Practice of Correctional Institutions in New York State (No. 205). Columbia university.