RT Article
T1 Challenges to inmate classification in a developing country setting: implications for context-based inmate classification schemes
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 42
IS 4
SP 341
OP 358
A1 Narag, Raymund E.
A2 Jones, Clarke
A2 Galehan, Jordan
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1753651891
AB Inmate classification is a key aspect of prison management and inmate programming. It guides inmate housing assignment, level of supervision and control, and inmate programme placement. The Philippines formally incorporated these principles to modernise its prisons. However, structural, organisational, and cultural challenges posed barriers to successful implementation. Utilising qualitative data gathered through interviews and focus group discussions with prison personnel, inmates, and volunteers in a major prison in the Philippines, this paper investigates the practices that impact on inmate classification and how these affect housing assignment, levels of supervision and control, and inmate programming. Implications towards developing an integrated correctional management in the Philippines, and other similarly situated countries, are discussed.
K1 Inmate classification
K1 Philippine prisons
K1 Inmate shared governance
K1 Normalisation
K1 prison community
DO 10.1080/01924036.2017.1364279