Corrections: Systems and Practice Assignment
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Corrections: Systems andPractice
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTION A prisoner or criminal convicted for a crime for an offence is required to sent tocorrection homes or programmes under which they are given certain trainings and personaldevelopment services so that they can spend their time in prison in useful and productiveactivities. In the present report a discussion related with correction in criminology of Australiawill be carried out. In this report all relevant terms and theories of correction will be presentedalong with their application on practical world. For this essay topic selected is ' impact of prisonon marginalised individuals- female offender. With this risk and laws related with imprisonmentof people belonging to group of above mentioned topic is also represented. Reason forchoosing this topic is that treatment of female offender is highly discriminative as compared tomen offenders.MAIN BODY Correction System of Australia and its Authorities:Correction system is an important part of judicial system of Australia which takes theresponsibility of enabling criminal justice. Prisoner and offenders from the community areprovided rehabilitation opportunities. The corrective services authorities manages offendersentenced in, community correction, imprisonment or periodic detention (Barord and et.al.,2014). In correction, authorities are not only accountable for people in custody of prison but alsosupervising offenders in the society post their release. The major goal of rehabilitation services isto protect the society by reducing criminal activities.. From this is can be said that correction system of Australia is part of judicial operation ofAustralian government. In this all offenders in the prison are managed and all those who hadbeen released from jail and those who have undergone community correction services areorganised. A close watch on them is kept by department so that offender cannot involvethemselves again in any offence for protection of the society. The present report is about imprisonment of marginalised individuals which meansoffenders with physical or mental disabilities, female and indigenous offender. In this studydetail discussion about the female offenders and impact on their physical and mental healthalong with risk associated with imprisonment will be presented. Correction services andactivities are provided to such female offenders for their rehabilitation in the community. The1
corrective services also helps them in getting work after completion of their sentence so thatthey can are able to earn and live their life with respect and independently. Reason to choose present topic of female offender in conviction: One cannot be oblivion of the fact that needs of female is different from male offendersalong with programs and services conducted for good practice principles. The reason forchoosing this topic is that, to consider a woman as an offender is point of thinking for thecommunity. Though this not a new point for discussion, but the fact cannot be denied thatwomen mind is much more complicated than men (Bučko and et.al., 2016). To commit anoffence a woman have a different mind-set and sometimes that can be harmful and dangerous;to expect a gruesome crime from a woman is still bleak in the community. What are after effectof imprisonment and treatment of women offenders in prison is very important to know.Whatever the reason may be women offenders cannot be treated as same level as male prisoners.Female prisoner often faces abuse during imprisonment to check its correctness and validityregarding corrective authority, report is prepared on condition and treatment of female offendersin prison. In Australia, United nations rules are formed are adopted at wide international leveltreatment of women prisoners and non-custodial measures are also frames for womenoffenders, these rules are knows as Bangkok Rules. The rules are applicable to all prisonerswithout any discrimination. The rules were adopted more than 50 years ago but it did nonfocused on specific needs of female prisoners. With an increase in crime by women an urgentneed is seen to take into consideration treatment of female prisoners. In Australia it was adoptedon 21st December 2010, to take into account different need and requirements of female in prisonand women offenders who are not in custody.According to Standard Guidelines for Correction in Australia, enforced by Australiangovernment have certain rules and clauses which are laid down for treatment and management ofprisoner under corrective authorities. Following are the guidelines provided for correction of afemale individual, they are:--Management in prison:2
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