Part 1:
You are the new warden assigned to a closed-security prison. This prison has been overwhelmed with security lapses that have resulted in four escapes over the past 3 years. The assaults among inmates have risen 30% over the past year, and there have been two assaults on staff in the past 6 months. You have been assigned to resolve the situation.
Individual Assignment:
Please discuss the following 6 questions with your group members. Provide your thoughts and comments for answering each of the questions a minimum of 2 times, and provide support and references for your contributions where necessary.
• What would you do?
• List at least 4 of your priorities?
• Explain what measures you would take to protect inmates?
• Explain what measures you would take to protect staff?
• How would you handle the vocational aspects of the prison and the academic educational aspects so that all instructors, staff, and inmates are protected?
• How would you implement your changes?
Once your group has decided on appropriate responses for each question, combine your individual thoughts and responses into one deliverable of 5-7 pages for the whole group. Each individual should address 2 or more questions from the group assignment in a 1-2 page paper that will be combined with the other group member contributions into one 5-7 page document. Also assign a member of your group to write an introduction and conclusion based on the other member's contributions.
Please provide 2-4 pages in APA format.
Part 2
Describe the various roles that probation/parole officers can take on including probation/parole officer roles as agency models, agents of rehabilitation, broker/advocate agents, and probation/parole officers as law enforcement agents.
• What type of officer do you feel would have the greatest opportunity to make a positive impact on an offender? Explain why.
• If you were to go into probation/parole, which role would you want to fill?