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Three Mutual Dimensions Of A Correctional Organization

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Virtually all organizations share three mutual dimensions: people, purpose and hierarchy. The organizational structure exists to support the sworn and civilian personnel in achieving the purpose or mission of the organization. Correctional organizations utilize two distinct yet related administration subsystems to accomplish their goals. One is primarily with managing correctional employees, and the other is concerned primarily with delivering correctional services to a designated offender population. Therefore, correctional organizations, employs one group of people. Correctional personnel to work with and another group to oversee the offender population. The correctional agencies mission has changed a little over time. The mission “is to …show more content…

Another feature of the correctional agency is that everything a correctional supervisor does may have civil ramifications, for the officer as well as the agency the officers employed. As a result, the legal and ethical obligation of the correctional supervisor is far greater than other supervisors in other types of agencies. Finally, two different viewpoints exist as to what a correctional agency should be. A custodial organization, which stresses the caretaker functions of supervising and observing inmates, and a treatment organization, which emphasizes the rehabilitation of inmates. These different viewpoints contain impending conflict for correctional personnel. In contrast law enforcement agencies across the country have a strict organizational ranking system much like the military. The ranking system is not designed to demeanor subordinates, but rather to maintain strict discipline and to allow for further advancement. The rank in the system is used to establish a position in the hierarchy and does not hinder a person’s individual character, quality or importance in the

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