History of Corrections / Peter M. Carlson, Tom Roth and Anthony P. Travisono --American jails / Arthur Wallenstein and Ken Kerle --Prison architecture / Robert S. George --Developing technology / Peter M. Carlson and Sonya D. Thompson --Custody and security / Michael B. Cooksey --Inmate classification / Peter M. Carlson --Education and vocational training / Harold David Jenkins --Recreation / Harold L. Kahler --Health care / Robert R. Thompson --Mental health / Sally C. Johnson --Religious programming / Susan M. Van Baalen --Intake, discharge, mail and documentation / Jeffrey W. Frazier --Food service / Lavinia B. Johnson --Financial operations / Beverly Pierce --Working with the media / Judith Simon Garrett --Community relations boards / Paula McAlister --Political involvement / Judith Simon Garrett --Organization and management / Peter M. Carlson and John J. Dilulio, Jr. --Leadership : executive excellence / Harley G. Lappin --Governing : personnel management / Robert L. Wright --A day in the life of the warden / James A. Meko --Diversity of correctional officers / Peter M. Carlson --Labor relations / Michael H. Jaime and Amanda R. Burruel --Preventing corruption / Sal Souryal --Sexual misconduct / Anadora Moss --Volunteering / Richard L. Stalder --Disciplinary procedures / Clair A. Cripe --Grievance procedures / Lisa Hutchinson Wallace, Kevin I. Minor and James Stephen Parsons --Protective custody / Kevin I. Minor, Lisa Hutchinson and James Stephen Parson --Suicide / Daniel W. Phillips III --The death penalty / Julie C. Eng --Gang management / Mark S. Fleisher --Special needs offenders / Judy C. Anderson --Sex offenders / Gilbert L. Ingram and Peter M. Carlson --Visitation / Reginald A. Wilkinson and Tessa Unwin --Prison work and industry / Steve Schwalb, Robert C. Grieser and J.C Keeney --Drug treatment / James A. Inciardi, James E. Rivers and Duane C. McBride --Prisoner access to the courts / Kenneth C. Haas --Compliance with the constitution.

Prison Management, Prison Workers, and Prison Theory develops a new conception of prison infrastructure, organization, and policy to explore how workers and administrators are essential in the development of culture and morality within the prison environment. Stephen C. McGuinn demonstrates that effective managers prioritize prison workers in order to meet external social demands of imprisonment and internal demands of daily operation. McGuinn argues that prison administrators need to unify prison staff under a new conception of the institution. The exploration of current power structures and their opportunities for improvement provides insight for those interested in criminology, criminal justice, prison theory and reform, policy studies, and labor studies.

Challenging the accepted notions about prisons, Dilulio argues that, far from being traps for society's refuse, they must and can be made safely humane. He shows that the key to better prisons is a highly disciplined constitutional government employing prison managers who are strong enough to control the inmates yet obliged to control themselves. The book illustrates how the use of such a governing system can provide order, encourage civilized behaviour, and enforce punishment that is just, as well as merciful.

The Handbook focuses on an overview of key issues which should be of concern to prison managers and the reforms they must often engage in and promote as prison leaders. It is meant to support a basic five-day training workshop for prison officials responsible for leading and managing prisons in developing and post-conflict countries. It is aimed to explore and understand practical ways in which prison leaders can more effectively implement international standards and norms in the institutions for which they are responsible. The Handbook and the workshop curriculum provide a template to help leaders identify the changes required in their environment and to reflect on the challenges they are likely to encounter in bringing about these changes.

Change is an inevitable part of any correctional institution, as new trends and initiatives constantly bombard the system. However, as budgetary constraints increasingly require correctional agencies to do more with less, a paradigm shift in the way they operate is imperative to ensure success. Correctional Administration and Change Management exam

The Oxford Handbook of Prisons and Imprisonment provides the only single source that bridges social scientific and behavioral perspectives, providing graduate students with a more comprehensive understanding of the topic, academics with a body of knowledge that will more effectively inform their own research, and practitioners with an overview of evidence-based best practices.