Assignment 1: Prisoner Programming as It Relates to Inmate Characteristics

Prison officials deal with different categories of inmates, such as aging, mentally ill, or violent inmates.

To ensure rehabilitation, prosocial behavior, and reduction and elimination of violent behavior among prisoners, there must be proper programming. When considering the proper programming for prisoners, criminogenic factors and needs must be taken into account.

Programming is recommended based on each prisoner’s unique characteristics. While prisoners may have some general characteristics as a group, each prisoner has unique needs and characteristics.

Considerations such as age, medical needs, psychiatric needs, and violence factors come into play when making needs assessment.

Therefore, in order to ensure optimal chances for rehabilitation and prosocial behavior among prisoners, proper programming is paramount. It is important to understand that for programming to be effective, the “one size fits all” approach is not optimal.

Tasks:

By Saturday, July 29, 2017, in at least 250 words, post to the Discussion Areayour answers to the following:

• Discuss examples of rehabilitation programs that you could find related to different categories of inmates.
• Explain how social learning theory relates to prison programs.
• Discuss the evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of prison rehabilitation programs.