Assignment:
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.
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?