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What questions should I ask a prisoner?

by Rhyley Bryan

What questions should I ask a prisoner?

Why did you do what you did?

  • Was whatever you did worth the life you must contend with?
  • If you could turn back time and change things, would you?
  • Would you take back what you did and do something better?
  • Do you feel pain for your crime?
  • Did you think about the possibility of going to prison?
  • Do you regret what you did?

    • What are prisoner categories?

    Male prisons are organised into 4 categories

    • Category A. These are high security prisons.
    • Category B. These prisons are either local or training prisons.
    • Category C.
    • Category D – open prisons.
    • Young Offender Institution (YOI)
    • Youth Custody.

    What to talk about with a prisoner?

    Your incarcerated loved one wants to feel connected with you and with what is going on in your life. Talking about things like good grades in school, promotions at work, who is dating who, engagements, marriages, babies, etc. will help your inmate catch up with what is going on in your life.

    What are the four types of prisoners?

    While every prison serves the same basic purpose, there are many different types of prisons.

    • Juvenile.
    • Minimum, Medium, and High Security.
    • Medium security prisons are the standard facilities used to house most criminals.
    • High security prisons are reserved for the most violent and dangerous offenders.
    • Psychiatric.
    • Military.

    What crimes are Category B?

    They’re serving a sentence for an offence involving threat to life or violence, threat of arson, robbery, drugs, sexual offences or firearms offences.

    What is a Level 5 prisoner?

    5. Administrative. This special class of prison encompasses other types of institutions designed to house inmates with special considerations, such as those who are chronically ill, extremely dangerous or a high-escape risk.

    What is a Level 1 prisoner?

    Level 1 prisons are minimum security. Inmates live in dormitories and there may or may not be a perimeter fence. There are no armed guards at a Level 1 facility. Sometimes, Level 1 prisons are called ‘camps’, as they often look more like the summer camp facilities we may have been to as a child rather than prisons.

    How are the characteristics of prison inmates collected?

    Characteristics of prison inmates are collected through administrative data and inmate self-reports from interviews conducted in facilities. Do I need to have a law library in my jail?

    Can a group question be used as an icebreaker?

    That’s okay, go straight to the Amazing Icebreaker Question Cheat Sheet (FREE DOWNLOAD) Not every group question is appropriate for an icebreaker question. The very WORST thing you can do when getting a group to warm up to each other is to ask the group questions that make people feel uncomfortable.

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    The Corrections1 Topics section provides current news, resources and information on topics that are critical to corrections officers. Helpful links and directories to related websites, associations and more

    Which is an example of a group question?

    Is an example of a group question that will stop anyone from answering and puts people on the defensive. The secret to great icebreaker questions… It should be a combination of an interesting conversation topic and also one that isn’t extremely personal or revealing.