An Analysis of the Morey Prison Hostage Situation Analytical Essay by cee-cee
An Analysis of the Morey Prison Hostage Situation
The paper presents an analysis of the Arizona Department of Corrections Morey Unit 2004 hostage situation.
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| 2,030 words
| 7 sources
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| 2009
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on Jul 18, 2009
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Criminology
(Criminal Justice and Corrections)
, Public Administration
(General)
, Labor Studies
(General)
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Description:
On Sunday January 18 2004, Two prison detainees Ricky K. Wassenaar and Steven J. Coy took hostages and made an attempt to escape from the Morey Unit of the Lewis Prison Complex at Buckeye, Arizona. The paper examines the background to the incident and attempts to analyze the preparedness of the penal system to such incidents and the reaction of prison authorities in this specific incident. Suggestions for improvement that could either prevent or shorten another hostage situation are also provided.
Outline
Introduction
The Incident in Brief
Analysis of the incident
The Prison system and preparedness
The Drawbacks
The mitigation and avoidance
The crisis plan
Conclusion
References
Outline
Introduction
The Incident in Brief
Analysis of the incident
The Prison system and preparedness
The Drawbacks
The mitigation and avoidance
The crisis plan
Conclusion
References
From the Paper:
"We have to remember that the prison housed more than one hundred dangerous prisoners and the security system still was such that two convicts could hold two officers to ransom and then continue to go into the control area with simple weapons and thus create a hostage situation. The problem mostly stems from human negligence of established procedures or in implementing the proper security measures as required. The unfolding of events as reported by the reports presented and the contemporary news shows that there was practically little resistance to the attempt, and secondly there was a situation where the convicts could get at the radio codes, security check routine and even use the alarm to their favour. These observations show that the system design in terms of the physical, personnel and the procedural structures were faulty. Of course after the incident the system may have been corrected, and the longest stand off perhaps served the purpose of strengthening prison security all over the state. The long arm of justice took in the inmates who staged the kidnapping and the two inmates Ricky Wassenaar, was later tried and pronounced guilty of offences like "kidnapping, sexual assault and aggravated assault" and was sentenced to sixteen life sentences and an additional thirty seven years in prison. He is incarcerated at the Ohio State Prison. Steven Coy who pleaded guilty to the charges has seven life sentences at the maximum-security prison in Maine. The sentences were awarded on 18th January 2005. ("From Her Desk", n. d.)"Sample of Sources Used:
- Carter, Robert Melvin; Glaser, Daniel. (1977) "Correctional Institutions" Lippincott. Philadelphia, PA.
- Corcoran, Michael H; Cawood, James S. (2003) "Violence Assessment and Intervention: The Practitioner's Handbook" CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.
- Garrett, Michael. (2004, Jun) "In Need of Correction: Arizona's prison system is overloaded and its staff is overwhelmed" Retrieved 4 April, 2008 fromhttp://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid%3A57551
- Lerbinger, Otto. (1997) "The Crisis Manager: Facing Risk and Responsibility" Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Mahwah, NJ
- N. A. (n. d.) "From Her Desk" Retrieved 4 April, 2008 fromhttp://www.azcorrections.gov/News/2005/lewispost.pdf
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