NCJ Number
80026
Journal
Prison Journal Volume: 61 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring/Summer 1981) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
R A Davis
Date Published
1981
Length
84 pages
Annotation
This is the first of two issues devoted to articles bearing upon jails; the overall topic is jail management, with an emphasis on professional standards and staff training and development.
Abstract
The first article identifies the inadequacies of corrections policy in rural and small towns, particularly those bearing upon jail operations, and a proposal for change is presented, including certification of staff, consolidation of jails, and the revitalization of minimum standards for jails. Another presentation considers the current state of jail personnel training, along with descriptions of preservice and inservice training models for jail personnel. A paper focusing on jail standards presents the historical background of the general development of jail standards, followed by a discussion of the effective and ineffective efforts to implement jail standards. Local leadership is advised to be the key to implementing jail standards. Based on 2 years of research and program development in a small rural Texas county jail, a fourth article discusses the difficulties encountered while developing a rehabilitation program for small jail facilities; the use of argot in the material of rehabilitation programs for jail inmates is recommended. Also discussed in an article is the crisis phenomenon of jail inmates from a clinical perspective; ways of preventing and dealing with inmates' disruptive behavior are considered as well. Following an overview of the history of the development of literature on jails, 91 annotated bibliographic listings are presented. The concluding article describes the application of a prison policy of familism in the men's prisons of Guatemala. Most of the articles provide footnotes or references.