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Management Staff
- warden
- safety manager
- institution administrator
- employee development specialist
- classification specialist
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Staff to Supervise Inmates
- recreation specialist
- case manager
- correctional officer
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Professional Staff
- teacher
- psychologist
- substance abuse counselor
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Facility Staff
- computer specialist
- maintenance worker
- secretary/clerical worker
- laundry supervisor
- food service manager
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Close System Organization
operate with only input from within the prison organization
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Open System Organization
frequent contact between he internal prison organization and other groups for input on policy
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Warden Joseph Ragan (Stateville Prison 1930-1960)
- ruled the prison with an iron fist
- demanded strict adherence from staff and inmates
- prison clean and spotless
- inmates marched in straight lines
- believed his function was to synchronize men and their behavior
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Function of a Warden (Stateville Post 1960s)
- federal court intervention required that the management style shifted from discipline to rehabilitation
- by 1978, conditions in Stateville deteriorated to anarchy
- gangs ran the prison
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Organizational Culture in a Prison
- modern wardens no longer function autonomously
- prisons have mission statements
- accreditation standards
- transformational leaders
- contributes to creating the prison's culture
- transactional leaders
- coordinates with outside agencies
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Role of a Correctional Officer
- make up approximately 2/3 of all prison staff
- assist in the accomplishment of the prison's mission statement
- need to buy in to the prison's culture
- maintain control and order in the prison
- responsible for constant supervision of inmates
- important to adhere strictly to prison policy and procedures
- maintain close communication with inmates
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Correctional Officer Assignments
- living units
- yard officers
- perimeter security
- relief officers
- administrative building
- work detail
- industrial shop, school
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Correctional Officer
- Stress and Danger: need for constant vigilance
- Gain Compliance of Inmates: enact discipline
- Post Orders: detail of daily schedule
- Organizational Stress: understaffing, shift work
- Critical to Daily Management: carry out policies of prison
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Uniformed Staff
primary job is safety and security of the prison
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Professional Staff
- psychological
- education
- religious
- vocational
- substance abuse
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Staff Services
- laundry
- food preparation
- staff training
- prison industries
- maintenance
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Management Culture
the way leadership deals with and communicates with subordinate staff
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Relationship Culture
the style with which staff members view and communicate with inmates
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Female Correctional Officers
- Title VII (1972): proscribes employment discrimination based on gender
- Douthard v. Rawlinson (1977): upheld Alabama's prohibition from hiring women due to the deplorable conditions in Alabama's prisons
- Gunther v. Iowa (1979): court held that Iowa's prison s did not have deplorable conditions and refusing to hire women was in the violation of the law
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