WAREHOUSING HUMAN BEINGS - A REVIEW OF THE NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM

• NCJ Number: 26367
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 103 pages
• Corporate Author: US Cmssn on Civil Rights
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT OF THE NEW YORK ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS ADDRESSES SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL INADEQUACIES IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, EMPHASIZING THE PROBLEMS OF MINORITY AND FEMALE INMATES.

Abstract

ISSUES DISCUSSED INCLUDE INMATE-CORRECTION OFFICER RELATIONS, PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AT THE INSTITUTIONS, WORK AND STUDY PROGRAMS, HEALTH SERVICES, AND THE PAROLE SYSTEM. THIS REPORT IS BASED, IN PART, ON SITE VISITS TO THE CLINTON, AUBURN, AND BEDFORD HILLS CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS (A TOTAL OF 26) COVER THE OPERATIONS AND POLICIES OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES IN GENERAL, THE CLINTON AND BEDFORD HILLS CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, HEALTH AND MEDICAL, TEMPORARY RELEASE, AND PAROLE.