Department Implements Innovative Improvements to Disciplinary Segregation Unit
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Aug. 16, 2011
ANNOTATION: Changes to the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Management Unit (aka the Disciplinary Unit or Segregation Unit) that result in fewer segregated inmates and ensure facility and staff safety are explained. Topics discussed include: the agency’s philosophy of corrections; concern for worsening mental health of inmates in segregation; working group committee; establishment of a behavioral program with evaluation system; good behavior benefits for the inmate; basic programming in segregation; the use of the MP3 Headset System to combat mental deterioration; corrective action plan; and correction of pathology not stagnation. “The above changes have resulted in considerably less inmates being held in the segregation unit, with no concomitant rise in assaults in the general population” (p. 5). Can be used in conjunction with NIC accession number 023639.
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