255 5ABC

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255 5ABC

I . Organizational Structure

The fundamental organizational distinctions between treatment organizations and custodial organizations lie in the degree to which staff members control and contain the profound inmate violence Accordingly , it is suggested that treatment organization is more favorable than custodial organization for inmates in view of the fact that in treatment organizations , control is implemented over a lesser sphere of inmate activities than in custodial organization . Everyday the custodial life has a tendency

to be one of constant surveillance repetitive scheduling , and the performance of similar activities alongside large crowd of inmates (Argyris , 1990 ,

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Likewise , the range and number of rewards and incentives presented to inmates is lesser in the custodial organizations . In custodial organizations , the staffs usually reward explicit compliance to the organizational rules , with little concern for character or intra-psychic change . In contrast , in treatment institutions diverse rewards are held out conspicuously for example , praise from the counselor and frequent home visits . In addition , the staffs often reward those behaviors which are suggestive of internal transformation , which may be assumed from the inmate 's verbal demeanors more than from his or her explicit activities (Argyris , 1990 ,

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Official rules for inmate behavior are more prescriptive in treatment organizations and more proscriptive in the custodial organizations Accordingly , negative sanctions are more severe and extensive in the custodial institutions , such as the use of isolation rooms and corporal punishment . Finally , authoritative relations in custodial organizations...