CAUSES, PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING RIOTS AND DISTURBANCES IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

• NCJ Number: 2190
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 92 pages
• Grant Number(s): DF-69-005
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Sale Source: American Correctional Association
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUMMARY OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE ON THE CAUSES, PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING RIOTS AND DISTURBANCES IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

Abstract

PRISON DISORDERS SEEM TO BE CONTAGIOUS. ONE RIOT IS OFTEN FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF SMALLER, BUT NONETHELESS SERIOUS, DISTURBANCES AT OTHER LOCATIONS. NO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IS IMMUNE TO THE THREAT OF A MAJOR PRISONER REBELLION. THIS STUDY NOTES THAT THE UNDERLYING CAUSES FOR DESTRUCTION AND/OR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR MAY BE RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE UNNATURAL NATURE OF THE INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT, THE TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INMATE POPULATION, THE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF THE CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, OR SOME POLICY OR PROCEDURE WITHIN THE INSTITUTION WHICH PROMOTES DISSENSION. OTHER FACTORS BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE CONTROL OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, SUCH AS DISPARATE SENTENCING OR UNREST IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY, ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. THE APPENDICES INCLUDE A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON PRISON DISORDERS, A SUMMARY OF CHEMICAL AGENTS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR RIOT CONTROL, AND A SAMPLE RIOT AND DISORDER PLAN. (SNI ABSTRACT)