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Week 7 PREA and Classification - New Warden At Milford Engaging More Issues

Week 7 PREA and Classification - New Warden At Milford Engaging More Issues

Q • An inmate is transferred to Milford State Prison in Mid March, 2019. He is 19 years old, small in stature, and serving time for sexual assault against a child. During his intake processing other inmates were observed to be verbally harassing him. He is serving a long sentence, and has requested to be placed in a general population block. As the Warden what will you expect of your Classification staff. They interview and review all materials that arrive with every new inmate sent from the Central Intake Facility of the state correctional system. While newly arriving prisoners from Court (all sentenced) are carefully reviewed you want the process repeated once they appear at your facility regardless of what good work may have been done in Central Intake. • Do you place him in General Population? The inmate seems to want general population to give him the greatest opportunity for full program involvement during his 10 year sentence. He noted at intake that he did not want Protective Custody or special security status. he noted he could handle himself in General Population. He strongly evidenced a desire to completed his GED, join a class in computer science and start from scratch to build a basis for successful reentry. he noted he did not have a problem with children and this was his first and only such situation of this nature. He denied any past involvement nor a need for therapy or psychiatric assistance. He stands 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, and states he has an Honorable Discharge from the US Navy with previous deployment in the Persian Gulf on a missile cruiser. • Your two Classification Case Managers write to you through the proper chain of command. They seek guidance on how you would like such cases to be handled in light of PREA that is now 5 years in operation. What is your position and your thoughts on this case as an example for Classification and for the knowledge of your staff in general? Art Wallenstein • Cite at least one source not included in the course readings. Respond to at least three postings or other students or the Instructor.

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I would expect my Classification staff to ensure that there is proper screening of the new inmate in accordance with the PREA guidelines/rules/regulations. All the rules/regulations/ of PREA must be adhered to by the staff. Performance will be expected to be consistent for all the staff members. This is because inconsistency can lead to recurrences of sexual assaults on other inmates. According to Kessler (2019), placing of inmates conducting sexual assaults is important to be done appropriately so that there is normalcy gained in human consciousness till the time such inmates are present in prison.