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This 4 page paper discusses some of the challenges facing prison wardens. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Discussion As one warden notes, many children say they want to join the police when they grow up, but few if any say they want to be wardens (Feldscher, 2004).
But the fact remains that the United States locks up an average of 762 per 100,000 people, the highest incarceration rate in the world (Fathi, 2009). The number of people
in prison has grown grotesquely: "By 2004, the incarcerated population was six times what it had been in 1972," despite the fact that for much of that time, the crime
rate was falling (Fathi, 2009). Absent policy changes on a significant scale, or a recognition that the system is badly broken, someone has to manage the burgeoning prison population, a
job that falls to the prison warden. The prison system in the United States is something of a dinosaur. The way prisoners are handled hasnt changed much since the country
was founded, at least not until recently, when things like longer sentences, a graying prison population, new technology and demands from prison workers forced wardens to change their autocratic ways
(Dennis, 1999). The job is "complex and demanding. The warden of an average-size correctional institution has responsibilities equal to that of the chief executive officer (CEO) of a small corporation
(Dennis, 1999). For example, a "typical medium security prison houses 1,300 inmates, employs a staff of 400 and has an annual operating budget of more than $15,000,000" (Dennis, 1999). The
changes in society demand changes in the way the prison system is run, but reform has been slow in coming: "Modern management techniques have had difficulty gaining acceptance in a
system that was an autocracy for more than 150 years" (Dennis, 2009). However, if the system is to run effectively, changes must be made; introducing those changes, along with the
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