Prison Ombudsman

• NCJ Number: 80727
• Journal: Social Service Review Volume: 55 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1981) Pages: 300-313
• Author(s): R H Fulmer
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 14 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This paper discusses structural and personal attributes of an ombudsman and cites examples of ombudsman programs in U.S. prisons.

Abstract

A correctional ombudsman office is needed to balance the American prison systems. This is necessary because of both the nature of prison and the inadequacy of other means of dealing with the conflicts, grievances, and interpersonal problems inherent in incarceration. The ombudsman is the logical conclusion of the idea of inmate rights established by the prisoner litigation of the 1960s and 1970s. (Author abstract)