Communication In Prisons

The program is aimed at carrying out reforms in order to improve living conditions in our prisons in terms of health, social services, legal systems and social reintegration into the community after release.

This is to be implemented in several ways that include decongesting prisons in order to improve health conditions, establishing training programs to enhance leadership in the prisons, improve channels of communication with the management, provision of access to legal aid programs, supporting prisoners after release and facilitating cooperation between courts and prison systems in order to speedup cases.

2. Specify the key dependent variable that is influenced by the program.

The overall behavior and comfort of prisoners

3. Describe as

This would involve assessment of health cases and their trends overtime.

Write a hypothetical research report, reporting the "results" of your evaluation of the program. Make up data, and be sure to give your conclusion about the program’s success or failure, along with reasons for this conclusion.

The training programs organized to improve leadership in the prison proved a success. The management systems devised better channels of communication in the prison and the staff became more responsible and willing to perform their duties. The staff seemed motivated and treated the prisoners with less hostility. The attendance records were an indication of their positive attitude towards the training program.

Crime incidences among the prisoners were on the decrease owing to the monthly records. They had reduced consecutively for a period of six months indicating the success of the program. Friction between prisoners and management had reduced drastically and most prisoners were performing their daily duties though under supervision still. 90% of criminal cases recorded resulted from interactions among the

However the people on pretrial detention were ignored and ended up being treated worse than the prisoners themselves. The people are presumed innocent until proven guilty and shouldn’t be subjected to any form of punishment.

EXERCISE 12.2

You have been asked to develop a composite measure of the quality of life on your campus.

1. Outline the social indicators you would use to develop such a measure. Be specific. Explain why you selected these indicators.

How the students relate with each other: a positive attitude is an indicator of social well-being among students. A poor attitude would show dissatisfaction with each other or the campus.

Sense of belonging with the campus. How often do the students identify themselves with the name, mission and vision of the campus? Students should also feel as part of the campus community and this is much evident in their interactions with each other, the people in authority and the local community.

Satisfaction with services offered within the campus. A good attitude towards those serving them in the cafeteria, finance offices and even the lecturers would be an indicator of the quality of life in the