Corrupt practices of the police and correctional system

Systemic Racism in Law Enforcement in the United States Your Name Subject and Section Professor’s Name November 9, 2024 Executive Summary This report presents an investigation into systemic issues within the local police and correctional systems, with a focus on incidents of brutality, racial bias, and corruption. Notably, the following investigation also revealed further act violations and practices, such as the continuing use of excessive force on the youth by police and the use of filed reports of inmate abuse by the correctional staff. The accounts gathered from the community members and family members affirm these accounts, asserting that exploitation and impunity are systemic in these organizations. The said research revealed several significant ethical and systemic missed opportunities to protect the constitutional and human rights of inmates from officers targeting minorities, mistreating inmates and objects, and abusing authority. To address these issues, the report recommends a multi-faceted approach: Affecting change with continuous compliance with anti-bias policies through forced training, adopting the Prosocial behavioral model, assessing the police bias using the BALE scale, working towards structural level changes that challenge prejudice and racism from society. Third, it spurs the use of other reaction paradigms in non-offender-related scenarios and enhances psychological care for officers to achieve better enforcement and order. Introduction Context and Purpose The establishment of a multi-agency task force has been associated with severe responses to escalating complaints against the local police and correctional officers, which shows the worries about systemic corruption and brutality at these establishments. As a result, charged with the duty of investigating all such allegations, the following paper aims to determine the truthfulness of the mistreatment and abuse claims, topped by the use of excessive force and discrimination of vulnerable populations, including members of society and prisoners. Thus, in analyzing these complaints, the task force seeks not only to confirm or dismiss such allegations but also to find systemic defects that generate corruption and abuse of power within the legal system. The intention is to point out possible measures to enhance the believability of policing and corrections so that similar abuses are not detected in the future, and those responsible for the misconduct are punished. Scope of the Investigation In this study, a comprehensive survey of documented grievances from the community and testimonies from families of the inmates in correction facilities will be conducted over the systematic physical assault and torture of inmates. Core accusations involve the use of physical force by correctional officers on prisoners, situations in which prisoners complain of unprovoked assaults or acts of humiliation for perceived disobedient or noncriminal conduct. Further, the task force analyzed cases that sought to associate the police officers with unreasonable force against young people, especially teenagers accused of being involved in the gang. Impacts gathered from the representatives of the families of the victims and the photographs documenting the marks and injuries of inmates and young people are solid reasons for investigating these practices as violations of both laws and ethical norms. Overview of the Approach The task force followed the structure while investigating these allegations based on ethical, legal, and systemic considerations. Ethos of deontological and teleological theories may be applied to analyze moral responsibility and the ratio of cost and advantages in a justice system. In legal terms, this study seeks to establish whether conduct exhibited by police and correctional officers constitutes a violation of civil rights or failure to observe a set code of conduct as is their standard operating procedures in matters of racist discrimination and or abuse of power. Further, the systemic perspective enables examining other structures, cultures, and policies within an organization that facilitates corruption and abuse. This structure is beneficial if one wants to get a picture of all realities that enshrine corruption and if one wants to identify the type of reforms that will effectively combat corruption rather than just putting a band-aid over a dangerous sickness. Investigation Findings on Corrupt and Illegal Practices Inmate and Family Testimonies Some of the information exemplified by inmates and other victims include the difficulties suffered inside the local correctional facilities, inclusive of physical abuse as well as other inhuman treatment. The authors describe inmates detailing pain arising from punitive strikes by correctional officers for nonpolicy transgressions or behaviors that staff find intolerable. Another cruel practice is that officers introduce their humiliating standards of conduct, prohibiting, for instance, inmates from walking or demanding they do it in a particular way. Narratives from family members who witnessed their kin with readily visible marks on their bodies also support such assertions, presenting this sordid and disturbing picture of a facility where physical violence forms part of an unspoken and extralegal disciplinary regimen. This form of ill-treatment violates not only the correctional regulations regarding the treatment of inmates but also reveals a culture that is passive and most likely promotes such treatment as acceptable and probably desirable if it falls outside the lawful standards of ethical acceptability. Identification of Illegal Practices This research has pointed out several accomplishments indicating behavioral violations of legal regulations and internal rules. These practices include: Unnecessary Use of Force The force was used in many circumstances, which could be avoided through strict compliance with procedures agreed that physical restraint measures can only be used where it is necessary to protect the people themselves. This work shows documented injuries among teenagers and inmates that there is associated misuse of authority that does not follow standards on force. Racially Biased Targeting The tendency to stop and search selected races and economic classes, as revealed by witnesses and taped commands, suggests that there is systematic racial profiling. Not only does this practice go against the ethic that we should all be treated equally, but it may also likely result in discrimination against the obese by anti-discrimination laws. Violation of Inmate Rights and Correctional Standards Use of unauthorized harm involving physical aggression in the handling of inmates for nonpolicy violations violates inmate rights and humane treatment provisions under correctional policy. All these actions also violate federal and state laws that govern the rights of prisoners, who are denied cruel punishment. These results paint the picture of an organizational culture that is entirely deficient in compliance with ethical, legal, and procedural measures concerning the rights of people with disabilities and provides no protection against abusive and discriminative behaviors. By outlining these practices, the task force can begin to aim specific deterrents at the actual instances of misconduct while also treating the symptoms of the more extensive organizational pathologies that give rise to the misconduct. Literature Review and Theoretical Framework Systemic Racism and Psychological Mechanisms of Bias According to Najdowski and Stevenson (2022), there is prejudice in criminal justice that results from prejudice in addition to stereotyping that is implicit and with blatant profiling in law enforcement bodies. This psychological school of thought implies that change must involve intervention with the thinking patterns to remove race issues. However, though this focus on psychological reform points to a potential source of racism, more may be needed to attack the problem at its root. Ghezzi et al. (2022) indicated that their prosocial model does not correct bias at the individual level but instead must occur at the organizational level to change the specific culture and bring broad change. Accordingly, Iheme has pointed out that the concentration on psychological elements might easily segregate non-conformity sources, including media discourses and corporations. As a solution to the problem, it is argued that bias reduction is needed. However, the changes should be made at the level of organizational and cultural practices that reproduce racism. Behavioral Science and Prosocial Policing Models In contrast, the organizational model put forward by Ghezzi et al. (2022) deals with the organizational culture oriented to the community's needs that might result in a change in the behavior of the police officers to correspond to society's goals. Whereas Najdowski and Stevenson concentrate on correcting individual bias, the Prosocial model contends that the organization needs to commit to enhancing prosocial...