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Criminal Justice - short writting - Sniffing for Phones

Although inmates are prohibited from possessing and using cellphones, these devices are increasingly being used to arrange attacks, plan escapes, and barter for valued items such as drugs, weapons, and other forms of contraband. Several states have responded to the problem of contraband electronics by having canine units locate cellphones in concealed locations that are less noticeable to correctional officers.

Inmates find different ways to adapt in prison culture, including paying off guards to obtain cell phones or hiding them in body cavities. Cellphones are becoming an important part of prison culture, facilitating a range of activities both inside and outside of prison walls. Of particular concern are the attacks in which inmates have coordinated against witnesses, as in the case of the murder suspect who ordered the death of a woman who witnessed the crime. Given what you have learned about the corrections system in Chapter 13, please answer the following:

Does the use of “cell phone sniffing dogs” violate an inmate’s right to privacy? What other methods should prisons employ to curtail the ever-increasing problem of contraband cell phone? Explain.
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When an individual has been convicted by jurisdiction for a crime, they are sent to correctional institutions, and there tenure/duration in this correctional institutions is marked by stripping away of rights that an average citizen of a given country enjoys. Of course, that in no way insinuates that prisoners have no rights, for they do, but they are comparatively much fewer than the said citizen.

And, this is a prerogative as taking away the rights of a person is a near legitimate punishment for a criminal, which brings me to my next point, that is, taking away of rights is an imperative for the assessment and maintenance of security in prisons.

Cell phones, in the near prison history, have been quite notorious for a plethora of reasons, and they are known to be one of the most smuggled commodities amongst cartels built in prison. These cell phones are used to get in touch with the outside world which is prohibited in prison settings, and are also used in prison breaks by many convicts.  

Hence, in order maintain the sanctity of the rules and regulations of a prison, there are certain measures employed by the management to prevent such mishaps and lapses that might take place in security, and which might reduce the watchdog imagery that a prison is supposed to maintain and uphold.

The role of Cell phone sniffing dogs come into the picture during this time, as they are equipped and trained in sniffing the glitch. And they aren't the violation of an inmates right to privacy as when they commit a crime, and are put into a correctional facility, it is an explicit detail that every prisoner is aware of: There will be rounds, there will be randomized checking, or scheduled checking, to inhibit the risks that might befall the security system. Therefore, no, it would not be a violation to the right of privacy, as that is practically the first right that is stripped (or components of it that are stripped) from the concerned individual, which are quite important in order to control deviant behavior.

There are various methods that can be employed wherein the problem of proliferation of cell phones in prisons can be cumbered. Negative reinforcement can be used wherein the sentence of an inmate found with such a commodity can be increased or the parole can be decreased or the job appointment within the facility can be shifted. Cell phone signal jammers can be incorporated within the system to inhibit cell reception and soil any plans associated with it and neutralize the threats as soon as possible. Detection filters could be included as well that could differ between the cell phones of the officers and the inmates. There are various other measures that can be deployed after subsequent testing and trials, and a nuanced analysis of its boons and banes.

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