According to Stojkovic, upward communication “provides managers with their primary source of feedback, allows lower-level staff to share information with managers, and can encourage employee participation.” (p. 101) In the table of organization for ADX Florence, even though the warden is the head of the graph, the Federal Bureau of Prisons are the top individuals that can have final says of certain facilities. Even though having seasoned experts can give feedback and constructive criticism to other prisons, this type of downward communication is overused and can disconnect the federal bureau with the prisons of creating a safe environment for inmates. The structure of having multiple unit managers supervising their own units and responsibilities …show more content…
For positive aspects, the services such as the religious and psychologists and request of psychiatrists are a plus because to be locked into a supermax prisons, one might have mental disturbances that needs to discuss to figure out how to rehabilitate. I also liked the General population program with the Step Down component. Dealing with one of the most heinous criminals in the United States, many of them are supervised over a long period of time and are escorted everywhere they go. Even though that is standardized procedures, being watched and being in isolation for 23 hours is not healthy. This program gives the inmates incentives to try to become better and be more open to behaving so that they can transferred to lesser level …show more content…
Knowing of the inmate’s crime, not expecting change from an inmate is justifiable. Yet, there are some that can break the stigma of prisoners not changing and are able to be transferred due to good behavior. Connecting back to the second mission statement, ADX Florence is an institution that is used to rehabilitate the current inmates to the point that they will not cause trouble when being transferred to lesser level institutions. According to the PREA Audit for the institution, “inmates who continue to demonstrate positive institutional adjustment for 12 months are referred for transfer to another facility. (https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/flm/FLX_prea.pdf, p.5) The transference of the prisoners, after the administration review the reasons for the transference, from the supermax to other lesser level prisons (maximum security) is how ADX Florence interacts with other