NCJ Number
143090
Date Published
1991
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This paper presents the activities available to correctional institutions as a resource for sentence planning; two dispersal prisons are used as representative examples to illustrate how the daily routine naturally constrains what can be delivered in the context of sentence planning.
Abstract
Two figures present the elements of the 24-hour weekday routine at Her Majesty's Prison Wakefield and Her Majesty's Prison Parkhurst. Another figure presents the same information, but with the elements of the routines aggregated by type to illustrate the proportion of day occupied by each of the broad elements. A fourth figure completes the series by excluding the "noncontact time" (no staff-inmate contact). This figure shows that the major elements of staff-inmate contact time are the "daytime activity" and "meals/association" periods. Two figures show the incidence of disciplinary infractions over the past 3 years, both by time of the routine and the location of the infraction. These data indicate that in both prisons the majority of the infractions occurred in association with the "daytime activity" periods, morning and afternoon. The majority of the infractions occurred on the wings, not in the work areas. The findings suggest that problem behavior occurs with respect to the demands of the routines. Another figure illustrates the proportion of inmates included in planning for each class of inmate activity. Two figures break these data down into reporting points within the broad activity areas. This shows how many inmates are accommodated in each workshop.