Review the sample report from the Arizona Department of Corrections website by clicking on the most recent month and year.
Research the Department of Corrections in your state, or another state of your choice. Do not use Arizona unless you currently reside there.
Review the most recent report from this department.
Analyze the report to determine the types of inmates and offenders in the correctional system in your state.
Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation discussing your results from the analysis. Include the following:
- Outline the five offenses with the highest occurrence.
- Outline the ethnic distribution of the population.
- Outline the occurrence of assaults on staff. (if you cannot find this info for your chosen state, be sure to research assaults on staff from another source and include this information instead)
- Describe communication strategies for working with the population within this department, including considerations for culture and gender.
- Describe how a better understanding of language and communication can improve safety in the department
- Include a minimum of two sources.
Format any citations in your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
Requirements: Exact amount of 8 or 10
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- Inmates in Arizona are incarcerated as a result of different offenses
- Every year, over 117,000 different people are booked into local jails in Arizona
- The most prevalent crime in Arizona was assault offense
- 4,868 people were booked as a result of this crime, accounting for 13.5 percent of the total crimes
- The second highest occurring offense in this state is drug sales/ trafficking
- 4,139individuals were incarcerated, accounting for 11.5 percent of the total crimes in the state
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- Communication is one of the crucial factors that facilitates the success of the corrective and rehabilitation department
- It nurtures collaboration among different units and staff in the organizational goal achievement
- The department can memos in different languages to accommodate language diversity
- The management can use emails to communicate with staff from different cultural and gender groups
- The communication strategy should eliminate cultural and gender biases
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