Direct Supervision

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In this article, the writer discusses how the wide range of methods used in prisons around the world reflect societal attitudes toward criminals and the purpose of prisons in their punishment and eventually their rehabilitation. The writer examines how many correctional organizations have adopted a direct supervision approach which many proponents suggest is the most effective method available today in many corrections settings. This paper provides an overview of direct supervision and how it is used. The writer concludes by providing a summary of the research in this regard.

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"Today, both jails and prisons use direct supervision techniques. According to Mark Dow, the direct supervision inmate management principle is a means by which "[the] staff is trained to look at people as rational human beings who make conscious decisions whether or not to violate a rule". Direct supervision as a philosophy for prisons first emerged during the 1970s following a long period of neglect. "The Federal Bureau of Prisons was at the forefront of this new generation of facilities and in the process," these authors note, "also experimented with new operational approaches. What eventually became known as direct supervision was refined and used at many of the new federal facilities". At the time, the BOP, in collaboration with its architects, created three metropolitan detention centers in Chicago, New York and San Diego that were specifically designed to facilitate direct-supervision operations."

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