Should The Prison Be Allowed An Institution Be Stripped...

What are two ways an inmate may acquire access to substances while incarcerated? What is the overall effect once substances are inside the institution? In your opinion should every visitor entering an institution be stripped searched or to what degree? The prison typically houses a population of over 1,200 inmates, and since Bill C-10, one of the major concerns for prisons has been overcrowding in Provincial, Territorial, and Federal correctional facilities by increasing the number of mandatory minimum sentences. It is worthy to note that factor, because it does affect the hardship and destitution that the inmates experience. Due to the difficulty of adjustments into the prison setting, and the psychological and physical trauma that is†¦show more content†¦Sometimes two inmates will stage a fight to divert attention—then a package flies over the wall, occasionally disguised inside a tennis ball or even a dead pigeon. Prisoners quickly crowd around a newly arrived parcel, keeping officers (who they also call ‘’screws’’) back before they can arrive in sufficient numbers, and hiding the chosen recipient from view while the inmate seals and hides the goods within the cavities in their body par ts, which is also referred to as ‘’plugging’’. That brings us to the next most common method, which is plugging. As you might imagine, plugging can be hazardous. Prisoners are occasionally shuttled to a nearby hospital so buried items can be retrieved, and most of the inmates who use this method will be required internal stitches. As addressed in the textbook, condoms and lubricant are made freely available to prisoners to promote sexual health, but they are also used for ‘’plugging’’ method, and can be used to â€Å"smooth the passage† for the inmate who has stashed these substances in their rectum. Often the inmate who plugs the newly arrived drugs in the yard won’t be the final recipient of the package, but merely an accommodating mule. Last but not least, the most significant method is corrupting an officer, which sadly happens more often than not. Many prisoners claim that their best options are wayward staff members, or as they refer to them, â€Å"bent screws.† This occurs (or has been reported more) in UK and