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groups of inmates who have unique mental, physical, or social characteristics that distinguish them from the general population
special populationssssssssss
WHAT IS Substance misuse
a pattern of substance use that leads to
significant impairment or distress
refers to any modification
or adjustment that will allow a qualified inmate with a disability to participate in the programs,
services, or activities of an institution or facility
REASONABLE ACCOMODATION
The ______ _______ _______ ___ _________ _________ ___ sets the standards for state and local
juvenile justice systems for incarcerating youth
federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
The courts incarcerate the majority of female inmates because of ____-_______charges and _______
crimes
DRUG-RELATED, ECONOMIC
The common types of societies that inmates form
-racial societies
-groups focused on religious practice
-inmates with similar medical issues
-geographical societies
-similar socioeconomic groups
The _______ ____ ________ ___ defines a ______ as a physical or mental impairment
that substantially limits one or more of a person’s major life activities.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability
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• a lifelong pattern of
violating rules, social norms,
and the rights of others
• little capacity for empathy,
guilt, remorse
• persistent lying and
exploiting for personal gain
and pleasure
• disregard for right or wrong
• unnecessary risk-taking
• homicidal actions
?
• an inflated sense of
importance
• a need for admiration,
or a desire to be feared
or notorious
• dramatic
emotional behaviors
• difficulties with relationships
• a lack of empathy for others
• aggression when challenged
?
• significant emotional
instability
• unawareness of and inability
to control their behavior
• rapid and intense
mood swings typically
involving angry, erratic,
self-destructive, and
impulsive acts toward
themselves and others
• impulsive and risky acts
• inappropriate anger that
escalates into physical fights
Antisocial
Personality Disorder
Narcissistic
Personality Disorder
Borderline
Personality Disorder
occurs when the court charges, sentences, adjudicates as delinquent (including a plea of nolo contendere), and commits a juvenile younger than 18 to the Department of Juvenile Justice
Juvenile adjudication
states that officers cannot search or physically examine a transgender inmate for the sole purpose of determining an inmate’s genital status.
PREAAA
describe the difference between traditional, non-traditional, and transitional STGs.
traditional: documented history, written set of laws or codes, can have organizational structure
non-traditional: can be without laws or codes but still have an organizational structure
transitional: individuals or a group of criminal gang members who come to prison and realign themselves with traditional and non-traditional STGs, or they can be hybris STG members recruited by larger, traditional STGs
The term disability does not include the following:
• cross-dressing, gender identity
• pedophilia, exhibitionism, voyeurism, or other sexual behavior disorders
• compulsive gambling, kleptomania (the urge to steal), pyromania (the urge to set
things on fire)
• substance use disorders resulting from a current illegal use of drugs
provides for emergency services,
temporary detention for evaluation, and voluntary or involuntary short-term community inpatient
treatment, if necessary
THE BAKER ACTT
When communicating with an elderly inmate, always treat them with dignity, ______, and _______.
RESPECT, PATIENCE
describes the group of people with which a person is most likely to find satisfying and fulfilling romantic relationships.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Agencies have specific procedures, strategies, and approaches to managing special populations which, may include:
-members of gangs
-people with substance use disorder
-people with mental illness or intellectual disability
-people with long term medical conditions
-women
-elderly
-juveniles
-LGBTQ+
-special confinement or death row
Know the physical, emotional, and acute symptoms of substance withdrawal
that an inmate may experience during the detoxification process.
Physical Withdrawal Symptoms
• sweating
• racing heart
• palpitations
• muscle tension
• tightness in the chest
• difficulty breathing
• tremor
• nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
Emotional Withdrawal Symptoms
• anxiety
• restlessness
• irritability
• insomnia
• headaches
• poor concentration
• depression
• social isolation
• mood swings
• fatigue
Acute withdraw Symptoms
• grand mal seizures
• heart attacks
• strokes
• hallucinations
• delirium tremens
(DTs), violent tremors
As defined in s. _ _ _.455, F.S., _____ _____ is an impairment of the mental or emotional processes
that exercise the conscious control of one’s actions, and it can interfere with a person’s ability to
perceive or understand reality.
394, MENTAL ILLNESS
requires states and localities to develop over-
sight committees that plan and implement data-driven approaches to ensure fairness and
reduce racial and ethnic disparities
Disproportionate minority contact (DMC)
Sexual harassment includes:
Sexual harassment includes:
• repeated and unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or verbal comments,
gestures, or actions of a derogatory or offensive sexual nature by one inmate, detainee,
or resident directed toward another
• repeated verbal comments or gestures of a sexual nature to an inmate, detainee, or
resident by a staff member, contractor, or volunteer, including demeaning references to
gender, sexually suggestive or derogatory comments about body or clothing, or obscene
language or gestures
Inmate societies may follow a _______ _______ where there is a clearly defined ______, sub-leaders, and followers.
hierarchical leadership, leader
Treat _____ ______ _______as a medical emergency and immediately notify your supervisor and medical staff.
acute withdrawal symptoms
When communicating with an inmate with a mental illness:
• Solve problems using a plan and in a definite order of actions from beginning to end. Make
changes gradually. Work on one thing at a time.
• Avoid continuous eye contact and touching, if possible.
• Consider temporarily going along with reasonable requests that are not endangering or
beyond reason. This gives an inmate the opportunity to feel somewhat “in control.”
• Avoid agitating the situation.
• Keep it simple. Say what you mean clearly, calmly, and positively.
• Temporarily lower your expectations when an inmate shows symptoms of mental illness.
• If needed, set limits with them as you would others. For example, “I only have five minutes
to talk to you,” or “if you scream, I will not be able to talk to you.”
• Call for backup if you feel physically threatened or need help de-escalating the situation.
• Listen to an inmate and try to understand what they are communicating. Find out what
reality-based needs you can meet
Sexual abuse occurs when the victim either:
• does not consent
• is coerced by open or implied threats of violence
• is unable to consent or refuse
WHAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE CONFINEMENT, PROTECTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND DISCIPLINARY CONFINEMENT???????????????????????????
Administrative confinement is the temporary removal of an inmate from the general population
to provide for safety and security until a more permanent inmate management process is in place.
Protective management is a special management status for the protection of an inmate from other
inmates.
Disciplinary confinement is a form of punishment in which an inmate, found guilty of commit-
ting violations, is in confinement for a specified period to an individual cell based upon authorized
penalties for prohibited conduct.