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ABSTRACT
A prison is a unique institution since its environment is founded on a discourse of power between the prison staff, using force under the authority given to them by the state, and the inmate group, using counter-power. This article discusses the unique warden’s role and prison management in Israel with an emphasis on the adoption of rehabilitation approach and defining recidivism prevention as a social target. Such a policy can retain human dignity and human rights in prison, save money and bring significant social benefits to society.
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Notes
1. Shoham et al., Offences and Penalties.
2. Martinson, ‘What Works?’
3. Cullen and Jonson, Correctional Theory.
4. ICPS, World Prison Population List.
5. Berman and Volk, ‘Recidivism of Prisoners’; Austin, ‘2010 Annual Recidivism Report’; Cullen and Jonson, Correctional Theory; Howerton et al., ‘Consolation’; Wong, ‘2010 Recidivism Update.’
6. Blumstein, ‘Bringing Down’; Liedka, Piehl, and Useem, ‘ Crime-Control Effect.’
7. Cullen, Jonson, and Eck, ‘Accountable Prison’; Cullen, Jonson, and Nagin, ‘Prisons Do Not Reduce Recidivisms.’
8. Ritchie, ‘Does Imprisonment Deter?’
9. Waisburd et al., ‘Evaluation of the “Group Rehabilitation” Program’; Waisburd et al., ‘Study Tracking Drug Addicted Prisoners’; Timor, ‘Rehabilitation of Offenders’; Allen et al., ‘Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Treatment’; Aos, ‘Using Evidence’; Lipsey and Cullen, ‘Effectiveness of Correctional Rehabilitation’; Makarios et al., ‘Examining the Predictor’; Pearson and Lipton, ‘Meta Analytic Review’; Wilson et al., ‘Quantitative Review’; Wilson et al., ‘Meta-Analysis.’
10. Pollock et al., ‘Utopian Prison.’
11. See note 3 above.
12. Carlson and Garrett, ‘Prison and jail administration’.
13. Tewksbury and Mustain, ‘Correctional Orientations.’
14. Applegate, Cullen, and Fisher, ‘Public View toward Crime’; Chen and Shapiro, ‘Does Prison Harden Inmates?’; Nagin, Cullen and Jonson, ‘Imprisonment and Reoffending.’
15. See note 10 above.
16. Applegate, Cullen, and Fisher, ‘Public View’.
17. Applegate et al., ‘Public View toward Crime and Correctional Policies. Is there Gender Gap?’
18. Craig, ‘Culture of Harm.’
19. Garrabine, ‘Prison Riots’; Ross et al., ‘Measurement of Prison Social Climates’; Sparks and Bottoms, ‘Legitimacy and Order.’
20. Ahn-Shik, et al., ‘Female Wardens’; Askin-Plunk and Armstrong, ‘Transformational Leadership Skills’; Coyle, ‘Human Rights Approach’; Hensley et al., ‘Possible Solution’; Mears and Castro, ‘Wardens’ Views’; Steiner, ‘Assessing Static and Dynamic Influence’; Tewksbury and Mustain, ‘Correctional Orientations.’
21. Coyle, ‘Managing Prison’; Goldberg, Prison.
22. Illouz-Ayalon, ‘Prisoner Rehabilitation Authority’; Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical abstract of Israel, 2013 (Hebrew); Yerushalmi, ‘Massiahu Prison – 1952–2011.’
23. Bar-Yosef, ‘Stars behind Bars’; Central Office of Statistics, Statistical abstract of Israel, 2014 (Hebrew).
24. Shoham, ‘Dark Side of the Sun’; Goffman, ‘On the Characteristics.’
25. Garfinkel, ‘Conditions of Successful Degradation.’
26. Goffman, ‘On the Characteristics.’
27. Foucault, Discipline and Punish; Katz, Ways of Control.
28. See note 26 above.
29. Einat, Forbidden Language; Crewe, ‘Prison Drug Dealing.’
30. Einat, Forbidden Language; Craig, ‘Culture of Harm.’
31. Coyle, ‘Managing Prison.’
32. Ibid.
33. Adad, Criminology, to be Delinquent; Shoham, Rrahav, and Adad, ‘Criminology’; Pallone and Hennessy, Criminal Behavior; Clinard, ‘Criminal Behavior Systems.’
34. Bulten, Nijman, and Van der Staak, ‘Psychiatric Disorder and Personality.’
35. Driessen et al., ‘Children Trauma, Psychiatric Disorder.’
36. Ben David and Goldberg, ‘Relationship between Childhood Victimization.’
37. Himi, ‘What Is Between.’
38. Goldberg, Prison.
39. Stiener, ‘Assessing Static and Dynamic Influence.’
40. Ibid.
41. Bottoms, ‘Interpersonal Violence and Social Order’; Dilulio, Governing Prison; Steiner, ‘Assessing Static and Dynamic Influence.’
42. Carrabine, ‘Prison Riots, Social Order’; Sparks and Bottoms, ‘Legitimacy and Order in Prisons.’
43. Camp et al., ‘Influence of Prison’; Jiang and Winfree, ‘Social Support’; Steiner, ‘Assessing Static and Dynamic Influence’; Steiner and Wooldredge, ‘Rethinking the Link.’
44. Mandaraka-Sheppard, Dynamics of Aggression.
45. Ruddell and Norris, ‘Changing Role of Warden.’
46. Ibid.; Caeti et al., ‘Management of Correctional Facilities.’
47. Goldberg, ‘Dilemmas in Prison Management’; Goldberg, Prison.
48. Goldberg, ‘Dilemmas in Prison Management’.
49. Roberts, ‘Leadership Styles.’
50. Bryans, ‘Governing Prison.’
51. Valek et al., ‘Drugs And Alcohol Use.’
52. Ben-Zvi and Volk, ‘Recidivism of Israeli Inmates Released in 2004’; Berman and Volk, ‘Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 2008.’
53. Kamir, ‘Equal Dignity, not Equal Liberty.’
54. See note 31 above.
55. Timor, ‘Development of Prisons.’
56. Ibid.; Goldberg, Prison.
57. IPS Annual Report, 2014.
58. Timor, ‘Rehabilitating Rehabilitation.’
59. Ben-Zvi and Volk, ‘Recidivism of Israeli Inmates Released in 2004’; Sagi, ‘Security Approach’; Timor, ‘Rehabilitating Rehabilitation.’
60. See note 55 above.
61. Prison Rehabilitation Authority Annual Report, 2011.
62. See note 31 above.
63. Greene, ‘Comparing Private and Public.’
64. O’Connor, United States Prison System.
65. Schartmueller, Life Imprisonment in Scandinavia.
66. See note 31 above.
67. See note 31 above; OECD, Hand Book.
68. See note 31 above.
69. Foucault, ‘Discipline and Punish.’
70. See note 8 above.
71. Nacro, ‘Forgotten Majority’; Crow, ‘Resettling Prisoners.’
72. Elisha, Ronell, and Idisis, ‘Walls of Redemption’; Goldberg, Prison.
73. Coyle, ‘Managing Prison’; Blumstein, ‘Bringing Down the U.S. Prison Population.’
74. Kaplan, ‘California Prison Realignment.’
75. Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, ‘Correction of Population.’
76. Heseltine, Sarre, and Day, Prison Based Correctional.
77. Scott-Hayward, Fiscal Crisis in Corrections.
78. Andrews and Bonta, ‘Rehabilitating Criminal Justice Policy’; Drake, Aos, and Miller, ‘Evidence-Based Public Policy.’
79. Ronel and Elisha, ‘In Different Perspective’; Elisha, Ronell and Idises, ‘Walls of Redemption.’
80. Stiener, Maintaining Prison Order.
81. Lipsey, Wilsen, and Cothern, ‘Effective Intervention’; Pearson and Lipton, ‘Meta Analytic Review’; Walker et al., ‘Treatment Effectiveness.’
82. Inciardi et al., ‘Five-year outcomes of therapeutic community treatment of drug-involved offenders after release from prison’.
83. See note 31 above.
84. See note 58 above.
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Goldberg (Ili) Ilana
Goldberg (Ili) Ilana served for 35 years in the Israel Prison Service. She currently lectures at the Department of Criminology, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel.