Assignment:
Management of the Prison Population
- A prison warden faces many challenging issues every day.
- How are wardens addressing drug addiction among inmates?
- What are wardens doing about the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in prison facilities?
- How are prison wardens coping with a growing inmate population with mental illnesses?
- Explain how Supreme Court rulings have determined how wardens must deal with these issues. Justify your answers using examples and citing court cases.
For more information on issues in correctional facilities, visit the National Institute of Corrections' resource library and research the following issues:
- Drugs
- Mental Illness
- HIV/AIDS
Justify your answers with in-text citations.