OMBUDSMAN FOR CORRECTIONS - A VIEW OF THE MINNESOTA EXPERIENCE

• NCJ Number: 26223
• Journal: RESOLUTION OF CORRECTIONAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Dated: (SPRING 1975) Pages: 22-26
• Author(s): R K Halvorson
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: South Carolina Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN ANALYSIS OF OVER 2,000 INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED DURING ITS FIRST TWO YEARS OF OPERATION SINCE 1972 REVEALS THAT THE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY THE OMBUDSMAN OFFICE ARE MUCH MORE FAR-REACHING THAN HAD BEEN EXPECTED.

Abstract

THEY COVER THE AREAS OF PAROLE, MEDICAL TREATMENT, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, PLACEMENT, PROPERTY, INMATE PROGRAMS, RACE RELATIONS, INMATE-STAFF RELATIONS, PRISON ROLES, AND PHYSICAL THREATS FROM OTHER INMATES.