By:
Ernesto Pena
Jessuse Ayar
Justin Klopp
Lawrance Richmond
CJA/324 ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICENovember 5, 2013
Rikers Island, NY
- Lloyd Nicholson, Michael McKie, Khaled Nelson, Denise Albright
- Former corrections officers
- Enterprise Corruption (Organized crime)
Corrections Ethics
Unethical vs. Corruption
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility
Sexual Misconduct with female inmate
- Multiple occurrences
- Placed on Administrative paid leave
- 5 years if convicted
Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq
- Military personnel abusing detainees
- Violates Geneva Convention
- 300 reported, 66 confirmed
- Inhumane treatment
Can you make unethical decisions without being corrupted?
Attributes to violations
Main Idea
Correction officer personalities
“Little man syndrome”
Power trips
Training
Incorrect training
No repercussions
Never gets caught
Prevention
- Complete background checks
Involve scenarios in the interviews
How to deal with certain inmates correctly
- Stern punishments for violations
Suspensions
Loss of pay
Rikers Island, NY
- Past and future cases of abuse 90s, 2009, 2013
Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq
- Public Awareness/The Media
Introduction
Policies that
change because
of the
misconduct
References
- Prison Legal news (2008). Retreived from
https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/displayArticle.aspx?articleid=24298&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
- Rikers Island supervisor, officers charged in inmate's beating (2013).
Retrieved from http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9152424
- Law Offices of Nussin S. Fogel . (2013). Inmate abuse by corrections officers and legal resources available. Retrieved from http://www.nsfogel.com/Articles/Inmate-Abuse-by-Corrections-Officers-and-the-Legal-Recourse-Available.shtml
- Corrections officer accused of sexual misconduct with inmate. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.wcax.com/story/16521987/corrections-officer-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-with-inmate
- A failure in leadership, all the way up the ranks. (2004). Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33789-2004Aug25.html
Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility
- Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)
The difference between being unethical and being corrupted
Real life examples of correctional misconduct
Policies that change because of the misconduct
Examples of Correctional Officer Misconduct