A Psychologist DESCRIBES HER EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE WORLD OF THE FEDERAL Prison SYSTEMBy focusing on her experience working in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a female Psychologist gives an account of the world inside the system.
Walton, Warden, Marion, Retired....realistic picture of.
Patterson has captured the essence of how corrections changes staff...--J.
Patterson...
Dr.
Cornelius, Deputy Sheriff, Retired, Fairfax County (VA), Adjunct Faculty: George Mason University....
During my tenure as Warden at USP Marion I quickly learned to trust advice and insight from Dr.
Gary F.
These inmates don\'t respond to basic correctional interventions; yet, they still have to be managed by correctional staff....a heartfelt, dynamic testimonial to a great career in a difficult field...personal, insightful...gives a clear illustration of the dangers of working inside a prison...--1st Lt.
Managing maximum-security inmates--those that are generally described as the worst of the worst--changed my view.
Many people have this same perspective--the fundamental belief that people are good or, at a minimum, can become good, given the right set of circumstances.
If treated with respect, anyone could become a productive member of society, even if their society was limited to the world inside the walls of a prison.
I also believed all inmates would benefit from the opportunity for self-improvement.
I believed many of these people had a poor upbringing, had developed a drug addiction due to biochemical unluckiness, had made a series of bad decisions, or were the victims of social injustices.
There was a time when I believed criminal behavior was primarily due to circumstances.
As I Live and Breathe provides a glimpse into the federal Prison system and highlights some of the challenges correctional workers face when tasked with managing extreme criminals in a dangerous and unpredictable world.
I didn\'t always believe in the existence of these convoluted examples of our species; these individuals with as if personalities, acting as if they are human.
At higher security prisons these eruptions occur all too often, and can range from absurd behaviors, like self-administered liposuction, to serious assaults and gruesome murders.
Prisons are highly structured environments with specific policies and procedures to ensure consistent orderliness, yet simultaneously there exists an ever-present underlying turbulence that threatens to erupt at any time.
A Psychologist DESCRIBES HER EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE WORLD OF THE FEDERAL Prison SYSTEMBy focusing on her experience working in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a female Psychologist gives an account of the world inside the system
