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Functions, Issues, and Objectives in Corrections

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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please complete the assigned readings in your textbook. You may also wish to consider some of the recommended resources for this week. For the Final Paper you will address issues, analyze challenges, and assess effectiveness for correctional institutions within the context of the following scenario:

You work as an upper-level administrator in a department of corrections for a fictional or other scholarly or credible resources to support your assignment.

Your superior has also asked you to explain cultural sensitivity and diversity awareness issues as well and to consider the effectiveness of public and private institutions for corrections.

To help you explore functions, issues, objectives in corrections through the six assignment prompts for your Final Paper you may consider optional sources referenced in the following Final Project Scenario and References interactive resource (Links to an external site.) in addition to other scholarly or credible sources.

As noted below your paper must use at least five sources in addition to the course text. Also, at least three of the five must be scholarly and two may be credible resources. Note that of the three scholarly sources, at least two must be obtained from the Ashford University Library.

Assignment Prompts

The purpose of the Final Paper is to consider functions, issues, and objectives in corrections. Your paper needs to address each of the following six elements:

  • Explain functions (in terms of goals and activities) of a historical state correctional system and functions of a contemporary state correctional system.
    • To assist you with this part, you could consider your textbook’s discussion of historical correctional systems. You may also consider state department of corrections websites and/or other relevant scholarly or credible resources.
  • Analyze criminal justice issues for corrections personnel and the constitutional rights of offenders relevant to punishment, rehabilitation, treatment, and supervision.
    • To assist you with this part, you could consider issues relating to administrative objectives and duties for corrections personnel and issues relating to constitutional rights of incarcerated persons.
  • Examine impacts of incarceration and social justice issues for at least one correctional institution in the case file and at least one private correctional institution.
    • For private institutions, you could draw on your textbook and/or other scholarly or credible sources that address privatization of corrections.
  • Examine cultural sensitivity and diversity awareness issues relevant to one or more of the following settings: jails, prisons, or community corrections.
    • You may wish to consider scholarly or credible sources that you used to address any cultural sensitivity issues and diversity issues from your Week 1 Issues and Constitutional Rights assignment.
  • Analyze at least two methods of alternative sentencing utilized by one or more of the correctional systems in the case file.
    • You could also consider alternative sanctions such as electronic monitoring, halfway houses, and/or other types of community corrections mentioned in your textbook.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of at least one correctional institution in the case file and of at least one private institution.
    • To help you with this part, you may wish to consider effectiveness regarding one or more of the following: security, costs, recidivism, social justice interests, and/or other measures relevant to correctional goals.

When consulting resources, examine statistical data and analyses to inform your positions and any other scholarly or practical references that lend credibility to the project and the findings presented.

Explore Outlining (Links to an external site.) to help formulate your paper. Please do not type the instructions into your paper. Use formal college-level writing techniques to construct logical paragraphs.

*Note: You are encouraged to integrate any feedback from your instructor and upload the assignment to your ePortfolio.

The Functions, Issues, and Objectives in Corrections Final Paper

  • Must be eight to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

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Running head: CORRECTION SYSTEM

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Correction system

Title of paper
Student’s name

Course name and number
Instructor’s name

Date submitted

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The correction system

Introduction

The correctional system consists of several federal agencies dedicated to ensuring that the
law is duly processed. The penitentiary system is mandated with several functions responsible
for protecting the people from criminals and other individuals that break the law. Through a
defined process, criminals can be separated from innocent people who keep society safe. The
system has specified agencies and professionals who have expertise on how to handle law, order,
and rehabilitation activities (Harris, 2017). There are courts, judges, lawyers, advocates,
magistrates, the police, and guards who combine their forces into ensuring that the society is
freed of criminal activities. This system, like many others, is faced by different obstacles that
sometimes hinder service efficiency, but it has experienced a lot of success since introduction.
The correctional system is responsible for keeping people safe by arresting and detaining
criminal using imprisonment and probation.

The functions of the correctional system

As its name suggests, a correctional facility is meant to ensure that the person. The
penitentiary system has several features, including hosting criminals, punishing them, and
rehabilitation. The goal of correctional facilities is to ensure that individuals are denied freedom
and self-determination and secluded from their daily life. While in the facilities, they are taken
through a process that would make them think twice about their actions once released. What
transpires after the convict has been arrested to when they will be released from prison is
designed to ensure that this person undergoes several changes. The behavioural changes are

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usually encouraged immediately the person is arrested, during their court sessions and
sentencing, the judge states why the person was arrested and why their action was wrong. Once
they are sentenced, the correctional facilities take up the duty of implementing punishment and
rehabilitation.

The punishment variable in this system ensures that convicted individuals are responsible
for their crimes. The whole system is based on punishment as the main reason for arresting these
criminals because if they were not to be punished, they would be still mingling with the rest of
the society (U.S. Department of Justice. 2018). Those found guilty are subjected to punishment
by the law; it could be probation or parole, incarnation, or death. Sometimes an individual might
receive more than one punishment all at once. These types of punishments are purposed styled to
ensure that the criminal pays for their mistakes.

The secondary purpose of punishment in correctional facilities is to discourage a person
from further engaging in more criminal activities. While the first one punished them for what
they have already committed, the secondary role deters the inmates from continuing with the
crime path once they are out of prison (Stanko, Gillespire, & Crews, 2004). This is because they
understand that once arrested, they might receive tougher sentencing. The general idea is, most
convicts will always work hard not to get back to prison because as much as most facilities have
conducive environments, freedom is very important to a human being. The system helps to
change people, but some are naturally prone to crime hence face several re-arrests or a life
sentence.

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Rehabilitation is the other function of Correction facilities. As their main focus,
rehabilitation involves giving convicts a second chance in life. The rehabilitation process
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