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    The Prison Journal

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    2004; 84; 92SThe Prison JournalSusan Clark Craig

    Rehabilitation versus Control: An Organizational Theory of Prison Management

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    10.1177/0032885504269394THE PRISON JOURNAL / December 2004Craig / ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY OF PRISON MANAGEMENT

    REHABILITATION VERSUS CONTROL:

    AN ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY

    OF PRISON MANAGEMENT

    SUSAN CLARK CRAIGUniversity of Central Florida

    Traditionally, the organizational effectiveness of prisons has been seen in terms of

    control, rather than rehabilitation, of inmates. Consequently, control-oriented orga-

    nizational models have been presumed to be the most effective. Historical and con-

    temporary prison management models are discussed. It is suggested that control-oriented models have had an inhibitory effec t on the performance of other orga-

    nizational goals of prisons, notably those of rehabilitation and treatment. Implica-

    tions of control-oriented organizational models for the management of personnel

    working inthe prisonareexamined,as are thepotential impactsofsuchmodelsonthe

    delivery of rehabilitation services by private-sector providers.

    Keywords: prison; management; organization; inmates

    A primary goal of prison management has been the incapacitation of

    inmates, and as a consequence of this priority, other organizational goals,

    such as rehabilitationand associatedprogramming, often become secondary

    in terms of their importance in the day-to-day operation of the facility

    (Sykes, 1958).Theprisons very success as anagent of control is counterpro-

    ductive to the treatmentneeds of themany offenders whoareexpectedby the

    public to reenter society capable of self-regulation and of functioning

    productively.

    Traditionally, control-oriented organizational models have been pre-

    sumed tobe the most effective in prisons, as shown in this historical and con-

    temporary prison management essay. This perception, it is argued, has had a

    chilling effect on the performance of other organizational goals of prisons,

    particularly those of rehabilitation and treatment, but it also has implications

    for themanagement of personnelworking in theprison andforprivate-sector

    providers as well.

    THE PRISON JOURNAL, Vol. 84 No. 4 (Suppl.), December 2004 92S-114S

    DOI: 10.1177/0032885504269394

    2004 Sage Publications

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    PRISON ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE:

    A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

    The prison as it has been known in the United States was originally con-

    ceived as a more humane alternative to other punishments such as flogging,

    public humiliation, exile, and torture, all of which were considered by early

    reformers to be cruel and unusual punishments unworthy of a republic

    (Sykes, 1958). By the early 19th century, improving the conditions of jails

    was also seen by some, such as the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the

    Miseries of Public Prisons, as an opportunity to rehabilitate rather than sim-

    ply punish offenders. The groups preamble stated:

    Whenwereflect upon themiseries [seen inprisons] . . . it becomes us toextend

    our compassion to that part of mankind, who arethe subjects of thesemiseries.

    By the aids of humanity, their undue and illegal sufferings may be pre-

    vented . . . and such degrees and modes of punishment may be discovered and

    suggested, as may, instead of continuing habits of vice, become the means of

    restoring our fellowcreatures to virtue and happiness. (Vaux, 1826,as cited in

    Gutterman, 1992, p. 859)

    The twin ideas that imprisonment should serve as a more humane form of

    punishment while rehabilitating theoffender have thus been a part of thecon-

    cept of the American penal system since its inception.

    What was perhaps unforeseen, however, was that concerns for security

    would overshadow those for rehabilitation,owing in part to the logistical dif-

    ficulties inherent in incarcerating growing numbers of people instead of sim-

    ply punishing, executing, or exiling them (Sykes, 1958). A case in point isthat of Pennsylvania. The Walnut Street Jail opened in Philadelphia in 1776

    and was followedbya second structure of 16 cells in1790. The moredanger-

    ous inmates were transferred to this solitary complex, whereas those located

    in other parts of the Walnut Street Jail were housed and congregated with

    other prisoners. With the newly erected solitary cells, the Walnut Street Jail

    becameknown as thefirst state penitentiary in thecountry (as opposed to the

    little known earlyprison, an abandoned copper mine in Simsbury, Connecti-

    cut, declared a state prison in 1790). The Philadelphia prison was an experi-

    ment in the rehabilitation of felons that illustrates the problems inherent in

    implementing a rehabilitative program inside a prison. In response to pres-

    sure by Quaker reformers, Philadelphias Walnut Street Jail (penitentiary)

    wasbased on thephilosophy of payingpenance forones sins while confined

    (H. A. Johnson & Wolfe, 1996; Roth, 2005). Following the Walnut Street

    Jail,Pennsylvania opened theEastern Penitentiary, whichbecame knownfor

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    itsattemptsto completely isolate inmates from any contact with other prison-

    ers with labor and with other activities taking place within cells, in 1829.

    Despite the intentof reformers that thepenitentiarybe a place where humane

    treatment and spiritual direction would enable prisoners to achieve rehabili-

    tation, theexperiment didnot last, partlybecause theburgeoning prisonpop-

    ulation made solitary confinement impossible to preserve (Friedman, 1993;

    Gutterman, 1992) and mainly because the institutions were not self-sufficient

    or profitable as expected with the prisoner labor and prison industries (Roth,

    2005). Consequently, a new model had to be developed:

    This experiment, so fatal to those who were selected to undergo it, was of a

    nature to endanger the success of the penitentiary system altogether. After the

    melancholy effects of isolation, it was to be feared that the whole principle

    would be rejected: it would have been a natural reaction. The Americans were

    wiser: theideawas not given up, that the solitude,which causesthe criminal to

    reflect, exercises a beneficial influence; andthe problemwas, to findthe means

    by whichthe evil effect of total solitudecould be avoided without giving up its

    advantages. It was believed that this end could be attained, by leaving the con-

    victsin theircells during night, and bymaking them workduring theday, inthe

    common workshops, obliging them at the same time to observe absolute

    silence. (Beaumont & Tocqueville, 1833, p. 2)

    ThePennsylvania model gavewayto theNew Yorkmodel,andNewYork

    began buildingtheAuburnStatePrison in 1816. Auburns inmates workedat

    hard labor in groups during the day and were confined to individual cells at

    night. They were expected to remain silent, with no communication among

    them (Gutterman, 1992). Beaumont and Tocquevilles (1833) tour of thefacility described the atmosphere:

    Nothing is heard in the whole prison but the steps of those who march, or

    sounds proceeding from the workshops. But when the day is finished, and the

    prisoners have retired to their cells, the silence within these vast walls, which

    contain so many prisoners, is like that ofdeath . . . . There were a thousand liv-

    ing beings, and yet it was as desert solitude. (Beaumont & Tocqueville, 1833,

    as quoted in R. Johnson, 1997, p. 64)

    Other prisons followed the Auburn System in New York. These included

    Sing Sing Prison, established in 1825 and headed by Warden Elam Lynds,

    who was known to have ruled with an iron hand (Half Moon Press, 2000).

    The differences between New Yorks silent system, as it became known, andthe Pennsylvania separate system laid the groundwork for the future of cor-

    rections in the United States. Pennsylvania and New York went back and

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    forth in their efforts to establishthe best prison, with theformerknown for its

    separate butnot harsh treatment of inmates andwith New Yorkknown for its

    24-hour silence and its daytime regimentation, which featured scheduled

    activities, lock-step movement, striped uniforms, and long hours of labor

    (R. Johnson, 1997; Roth, 2005).

    In response to this pressing need for incapacitation of inmates, it would

    notbe surprising if theobjectiveof controllingprisonershadnot taken prece-

    dence over that of rehabilitating them. Indeed, it could even be said that early

    19th-century reformers tacitly recognized this and thus presented their

    reforms as a means of rendering inmates harmless while incarcerated, adver-

    tising this as a stepping stone to the greater goal of rendering them harmless

    upon their release. Thus, the Philadelphia Societys preamble quoted above

    offered amelioration of prisoners undue and illegal suffering as a bettermeans of restoring our fellow creatures to virtue and happiness (Vaux,

    1826, cited in Gutterman, 1992, p. 859), that is,of rehabilitating them. Beau-

    mont and Tocquevilles (1833) discussion of Sing Sing makes clear that the

    moral isolationof mandatorysilence also made it less possible for inmates to

    revolt:

    And why are these nine hundred collected malefactors less strong than the

    thirty individuals who command them? Because the keepers communicate

    freely with each other, act in concert, and have all the power of association;

    while the convicts separated from each other,by silence, have, in spite of their

    numerical force, all the weakness of isolation. (p. 5)

    Similarly, in April of 1817, when the Association for the Improvement of

    Female Prisoners in Newgate (England) produced a mission statement, its

    goal was the following:

    To provide forthe clothing, theinstruction andthe employment of thewomen;

    to introduce them to a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, and to form in them,

    as much as possible, those habits of order, sobriety and industry which may

    render them peaceable, whilst in prison, and respectable when they leave it.

    (Ryder, 1884, p. 127)

    This ambiguity has persisted to the present. Contemporary researchers

    have noted that well-run prisons (i.e., those that experience the fewest secu-

    rity lapses) are not really total institutions but, in fact, use programming

    which,bykeeping prisonersoccupied, contributes to their skillsand servesas

    inmate management during their incarceration (Gaes & McGuire, 1985;

    McCorkle, Miethe, & Drass, 1995). It is hoped that the skills will not only

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    serve as a diversion in prison but will contribute to their successful return to

    society upon release. In fact, in a study of prison wardens attitudes toward

    the reduction of programming and amenities, W. W. Johnson and Bennett

    (1995) found that wardens were decidedly less enthusiastic about such

    reductions than were politicians or the general public. The authors pointed

    out that, in contrast to free persons, for whom time is at a premium, prisoners

    have nothing but time, and programs and amenities such as hobby work help

    both prisoners and staff to manage boredom and tedium in the prison

    environment. Also, W. W. Johnson and Bennett wrote,

    Programs andamenities serve a critical control functionwithin prisons.To the

    extent that amenities are prized by prisoners, correctional officials can grant

    access to them in exchange for obedience to prison rules and can restrict that

    access as punishment for ruleviolations. Indeed, the entire prison disciplinary

    structure is foundedon punishmentsthat amount to restriction ofprivileges.(p.

    35)

    Thus, thegoal of controlling inmates subsumes allothergoals.Even reha-

    bilitative programming, which may involve time away from the prison rou-

    tine or better quarters than can be had in the general population, is a privilege

    that may be granted or taken away.

    The crux of prison management has been to balance the goals of punish-

    ment, rehabilitation, and overall safety and control (Cressey, 1961; DiIulio,

    1987; Sykes, 1958). Noting that prisons have multiple tasks (i.e., ensuring

    custody, maintaining decent conditions, economic production, maintaining

    internal order, and rehabilitation), Sykes (1958) pointed out that the priority

    on maintaining internal order raises

    the question of the specific measures which must be taken to insure [it];

    and . . . thequestion of the valueor priority tobeattached to the maintenanceof

    order as opposed to possibly competing objectives. If extensive regulations,

    constant surveillance, and swift reprisals are used, prison officials are likely to

    runheadlong into the supporters of reformwho argue that such procedures are

    basically inimical to the doctor-patient relationship which should serve as the

    model for therapy. (p. 17)

    Underlying theconflictdescribed by Sykes (1958) is thepresumptionthat

    thetypesof socialrelationshipsthat fosterinternalorderin a prisonareinimi-

    calto those that fosterrehabilitation. That is,notonly does thegoal of control

    usually take precedence over those of rehabilitation and treatment, but it isassumed that the social relationships characteristic of a well-run (i.e., con-

    trolled) prison are fundamentally different than those characterizing thera-

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    peutic relationships. It is therefore of some interest to explore the social rela-

    tionships and organizational consequences that characterize these two

    competing goals of incarceration.

    CONTROLLING PRISONERS

    Because mostprisoners donot spend all of their timealone ina cellbut are

    frequently occupied by various forms of work, prison management is also

    personnel management, albeit the management of less-than-willing inmate-

    workers: The custodians cannot remain simply custodians, content to

    searcha cell forcontraband or tocensorthe mail;nowtheymust managemen

    as well (Sykes, 1958, p. 28). In her study of a womens prison,

    Giallombardo (1966) found that the womens facility was characterized byfull employment; however, Giallombardo noted, much of this work was

    busy work designed to keep inmates occupiedandconsisted of home-making

    tasks for which there was no real market. That is, the tasks performed by the

    inmates were essentially for the economic support of the institution, not the

    prisoners economic rehabilitation (p. 61), which continues to remain true

    today. Thus, along with the need to prevent assaults, escapes, and so on

    comes the need to manage prisoners who are also workers who, for numer-

    ous reasons (not least of which is the make-work quality of the labor), may

    have little motivation to work. These dual needs have given rise to one of the

    mostenduring characteristics of prison administration: itsbureaucracy. If the

    conception of the organizational structure of a prison is expanded to include

    prisoners as the lowest rung on the organizational ladder, it can be seen that

    the type of management historically employed in prisons is none other than

    what the organizational theorist McGregor (1960) called Theory X manage-

    ment philosophy.

    THEORY X MANAGEMENT

    The hallmark of Theory X is the use of centralized control strategies to

    manage inherently untrustworthy workers. Theory X, or Classical Manage-

    ment Theory, is an American product conceived in the early 1900s, when

    production-line work became common. In this view, workers are considered

    essentially lazy and motivated primarily by money (Starling, 1986). Taylor

    (1947), whose name is most closely associated with Theory X, advocated a

    mixture of detailed task specifications and selection of the person mostsuited for the job, a practice that has given rise to organizations based on

    functional specialization, the presence of rigid departmental boundaries, and

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    bureaucratic hierarchies designed to prevent the exercise of employee initia-

    tive. Taylor also advocated bonus payments as a way to reward the most

    effective workers (Starling, 1986). Because workers were considered inher-

    ently unmotivated, they would have to be bribed to improve their

    performance via bonuses and other premiums.

    Theory X fits the traditional management style of the American prison in

    several important ways. First is the assumption that those under manage-

    ments control are inherently untrustworthy. Not surprisingly, it is an

    assumption of corrections thatprisonershave beenincarceratedbecause they

    have proven themselves to be untrustworthy in free society. What is perhaps

    lessobvious is thatsimilarassumptions exist regardingthe trustworthiness of

    their custodians, particularly those on the lowest level of the administrative

    chain. This is the guard or corrections officer (CO), who, as Sykes (1958)noted, is

    frequently reluctant to enforce the full range of the institutions regula-

    tions . . . often transmitsforbidden information to inmates . . . neglectselemen-

    tarysecurity requirementsand onnumerousoccasions . . . will be found joining

    hisprisoners inoutspokencriticismsof theWardenandhis assistants. (p.54)

    Sykes (1958)accountedfor this tendencyof COsto bond with prisonersin

    terms of the unstable social distance between them and prisoners, who coex-

    ist in an uneasy symbiosis in which order is not so much imposed by COs as

    coproduced by COs and inmates. In such a complex environment, Sykes

    argued, the balance of power between administration and inmates is in con-

    tinuous flux, with COs in a compromised and compromising position. It islittlewonder that, from a Theory X viewpoint, COsand other prison staff are

    seen as potential risks. One has only to consider that the typical maximum-

    security prisonsubjectsprison staff to searches upon entering andleaving the

    facility to see this principle at work.

    A secondwayin which traditional prisonorganizations adhereto theThe-

    ory X management philosophy is the presence of numerous and detailed

    specifications of prison procedures, the existence of which do as much to

    promote adequate job performance among staff as to keep prisoners in line.

    Anyone who has worked in corrections is familiar with the numerous rules

    and handbooks of behavior that confront new inmates and staff alike. For

    example, in one facility in which the author worked, it was not permitted to

    share facial tissues with inmates, even during counseling sessions, where it

    was common for the women to weep. Instead, a roll of toilet paper waspassed around the room. Staff were searched upon entrance and exit, and

    anyone found with contraband would have their materials confiscated and

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    would be formally written up by security. The CO on duty determined what

    was contraband.

    A third characteristic of Theory X organizations is the reliance on a chain

    of command combined with task specificity, a combination that leads to rigid

    functional distinctions. Fourth, Theory X organizations tend to assume that

    the formal organization is the totality of the organization and thus overlook

    the (inevitable) existence of informal relationships that materially affect the

    culture and performance of the organization (Bennis, 1970). Thus, in a

    prison, the tasks of custody and therapy are performed by different people

    who often report up different chains of command. Although the COs may

    spend more time with prisoners than anyone in the organization and may

    come to know them better than their superiors, assessing or counseling pris-

    oners is usually not part of theCOs jobdescription. Their informal relation-ships with inmates are overlooked, and important assessment information

    may be lost as a consequence.

    In many ways, Sykess (1958)study of socialrelationships in prisonwasa

    demonstration of the failure of Theory X management philosophy. In argu-

    ing that the1952 riots at New Jerseys Trenton facility arose not because of a

    breakdown of classical technologies of control but because that control had

    never really existed in the first place, Sykes pointed directly to the dilemma

    of corrections management: Thecooperation of theprisoners is fundamental

    to the control that the administration attempts to exercise. It is in tacit, if not

    explicit, recognition of this dilemma that prison administrators are inclined

    to turna blind eye to the extent towhich prisoners are incontrol of the prison.

    As long as major breaches of security do not occur, inmate control is over-

    looked. Riots,Sykes argued, occur because prison officials for one reason oranother have attempted to redress a perceived imbalance in the internal

    power structure of the prison, an imbalance which the officials fear has gone

    too far in the direction of prisoner control. A riot is thus a reaction to that

    attempt, a forcible effort by inmates to reassert control over the institution

    and thereby reduce the deprivations experienced under imprisonment. Over

    time, the pendulum swings back and forth between classical (prison) man-

    agementwith its assertion of rules, procedures, and repressive tactics

    and regulation by the prisoners themselves.

    The persistence of this oscillation may be due in part to the presumption

    that Theory Xstyle management is the only effective (or possible) way to

    manage a prison, especially because the goal of control over prisoners

    remains central to the concept of corrections. For example, DiIulios (1987)

    comparison of prison systems in Texas, California, and Michigan has beenimportantin maintaining this belief. Based on hisstudies of theTexas control

    model, DiIulio (1987) concluded that prisons that use highly formalized

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    managerial practices (which he termed the control model) were most

    effective at preventing disorder.

    DIIULIOS TYPOLOGY OF PRISON MANAGEMENT

    DiIulio (1987) posited a threefold typology of prison management

    approaches: the control, the responsibility, and the consensual models. The

    control model concentrates authority in the prison administration; the

    responsibility model devolves some aspects of control to inmates them-

    selves; and the consensual model is a hybrid in which some aspects of the

    other two models are present. The differences among the approaches were

    seen by DiIulio as reflective of assumptions prison administrators make

    about theappropriateuse of power tocontrol inmates andto encouragecoop-eration among prison staff and inmates. In the control model, administrators

    believe that inflexible, strict controls should permeate all aspects of prison

    life. This perspective is recognizable as the total institution model described

    by Goffman (1961) and that was seen by Sykes (1958) as the ideal, if not the

    reality, of the typical prison administration.

    However, as Reisig (1998) showed, this hypothesis has not only gone

    untested empirically but was also not supported by empirical measurement.

    In a study designed to test DiIulios (1987) hypotheses, Reisig (1998) sur-

    veyed 306 individuals sampled from 11 different state correctional institu-

    tions and correlated their responses regarding prison management practices

    with rates of prison disorder at the institutions. The most significant finding

    of the study was that control model prisons did not, as predicted by DiIulios

    (1987) model, experience significantly lower rates of disorder than did pris-ons using the other models. In fact, responsibility model and consensual

    model prisons reportedlowerlevels of serious andless serious disorder than

    didcontrol model facilities(Reisig,1998, p. 235). These results were found

    to support thework of researchers who have noted some of thenegative fea-

    tures associated with highly formalized organizations (Reisig, 1998, p.

    235), such as Merton (1940), who argued that rigid bureaucratic structures

    increase the probability that organizational rules will become internalized to

    such an extent that adherence to them will supersede the fulfillment of orga-

    nizational goals; Bennis (1970), who pointed out that highly formalized

    organizations overlook the importance of informal networks; McGregor

    (1960), who criticized rigid organizations for making simple (and very

    uncharitable) assumptions about human nature; and Stohr, Lovrich, Menke,

    and Zupan (1994), who showed that highly formalized structures have anadverse impact on job attitudes in correctional settings.

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    If the control model is in fact less effective at maintaining internal order

    within prisons than less restrictive models, it would be worthwhile to con-

    sider in detail the characteristics of the other two models in DiIulios (1987)

    typology. For if the control model is not only, as has been argued by many,

    counterproductive to inmate rehabilitation but also counterproductive to the

    very control it seeks, it is possible that the long-standing conflict between

    control and rehabilitation has been takingplace on shaky conceptual ground.

    Indeed, perhaps there is no conflict at all.

    Unlike control modeladministrators, responsibilitymodeladministrators

    think that order can be maintained by limiting institutional controls and by

    allowing inmates to have opportunities for self-government. The control

    model and the responsibility model represent mutually contradictory man-

    agement strategies so that, in most prisons, administrators embrace onesetofprocedures andpolicies or theother (DiIulio,1987).The third,or consensual

    model, represents compromise anduses characteristicsof thecontrol and the

    responsibility models. DiIulio wrote that consensual model administrators

    generally believe both the control and responsibility models will inevitably

    fail and that somehow prison workers must realize both models (p. 130).

    However, DiIulio argued, the consensual strategy does not provide a suffi-

    ciently consistent body of principles by which administrators can determine

    and implement policy.

    The three approaches differ in terms of variance in eight related adminis-

    trative factors: communication, personnel relationships, inmate-staff rela-

    tionships, staff latitude, regimentation, sanctions, response to disruptive

    behavior, and inmate input into decision making (DiIulio, 1987). Such dif-

    ferences were seen to account for different levels of prisondisorder. The fac-tors relevant to the control model and the responsibility model are described

    below, followed by a discussion of the consensual model.

    Communication in control model prisons is usually restricted to official

    channels with information flowing upward through the chain of command

    and with directives flowing downward. In contrast, communication in

    responsibility model prisons is usually informal and often crosses levels of

    authority (DiIulio, 1987, p. 105).

    The ways in which prison personnel address one another is a second fac-

    tor. Whereas staff in the responsibility model often speak to each other in an

    informal manner more typical of social etiquette, under the control model,

    superiors and subordinates commonly address one another in a formal man-

    ner as Mr., Ms., Sergeant, Lieutenant, and so on.

    Regarding inmate-staff relations, inmates in control model prisons aregenerally expected to call prison staff Sir, Maam, or Boss, whereas in

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    responsibility model institutions inmates are permitted to speak to prison

    staff in a less formal manner (DiIulio, 1987, p. 101).

    The level of latitude in theexerciseof judgment allowed prison personnel

    is another factorin thetypology. Whereas prisonstaffin responsibility model

    prisons areencouraged to use their judgment or discretion when carrying out

    their jobs, control model staff enjoy little latitude and are expected to adhere

    to the rules. For example, staff in the former might differentially enforce

    rules against smoking marijuanaanddrinking so-calledpruno because mari-

    juana, although prohibited, is more likely to make inmates mellow, whereas

    pruno, beingalcohol, may increase their combativeness. Control model staff

    would be more likely to enforce the rules against both with equal severity.

    A fifth dimension is the degree of regimentation of inmate routines. In

    control model prisons, staff follow a carefully orchestrated routine of num-bering, counting, checking, locking, andmonitoring (DiIulio,1987, p. 105)

    inmates and their activities. By contrast, in responsibility model prisons,

    inmates are allowed the greatest measure of freedom consistent with basic

    security requirements (p. 119).

    The ways in which inmate violations of rules are treated constitute

    another dimension in the typology. In the responsibility model prison, staff

    does not stringently deal out formal sanctions for every rule violation

    (DiIulio, 1987, p.120). In control model facilities, infractions are met with

    stern reprisals.

    The administrations response to disruptive behavior on the part of

    inmates differs significantly between the control and responsibility models

    also. Whereas control model prison administrations usually react to disrup-

    tive behavior with swift official counterforce (DiIulio, 1987, p. 178),responsibility model personnel often react by negotiating with inmates (p.

    87).

    Thedegree towhich inmates areallowedtoparticipate in decisionmaking

    is the eighth dimension of the typology. Including inmates in decision-

    making processes is typical in responsibility modelprisons (DiIulio,1987,

    p. 120). However, in control model prisons, inmates are viewed as having

    demonstrated an inability to be self-governing (p. 178) and are treated as

    such.

    Finally, the consensual model represents a hybrid of administrative prac-

    tices typical of theother twomanagerial models. Such a mixture suggests the

    varying (some might say conflicting) assumptions administrators make

    about the need for formalizing each of the different factors. Thus, prison

    administrators in theconsensual model mayemploy strictprocedures to con-trol inmate activity and use heavy-handed methods for dealing with disrup-

    tive behavior. At the same time, they may believe that prison personnel

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    shouldnot be subjectedto similarlystrictcontrol. In this case, administrative

    factors may be very formalized with regard to inmate affairs but be more

    flexible with regard to employee matters.

    The three prison administrationtypesdescribed in DiIulios (1987) model

    can be said to reflect assumptions about human nature that underlie manage-

    ment practices. Such assumptions arenot unique to prisons, but canbe found

    in organizations in general. Far from being unique to prison management,

    DiIulios three types bear strong correspondences with general management

    theories. For example, DiIulios control model strongly parallels McGregors

    (1960) account of Theory X; the responsibility model bears a close resem-

    blance to Theory Y (McGregor, 1960); and the consensual model resembles

    Theory Z (Ouchi & Price, 1993). The correspondence among the models is

    discussed below.

    CONTROL MODEL OR THEORY X

    In DiIulios (1987) typology of administrative factors, the managerial

    assumptions of the control model most closely match that of Theory X

    (McGregor, 1960) andof total institutions (Goffman, 1961). In this view, not

    only inmates but also workers are considered untrustworthy and in need of

    close supervision. Thus, prison staff, though considered more trustworthy

    than inmates, is nevertheless subjected to suspicion and must, like inmates,

    be subject to certain controls. This is manifested as social formality, the

    observance of a chain of command, and the limited exercise of personal dis-

    cretion in the performance of tasks (DiIulio, 1987). Furthermore, in such an

    organization, thepresence andmaintenance of a hierarchymaybe reinforcedby such controls and serves to articulate declensions in status as one moves

    down the organizational chain. Such organizations are also likely to show a

    reliance on bureaucratic forms and procedures (doing it by the book).

    RESPONSIBILITY MODEL OR THEORY Y

    McGregor (1960) labeled the various classical assumptions as Theory X

    and went on to develop those of a more magnanimous management system,

    which he called Theory Y. According to this theory, subordinates are viewed

    as willing to work, willing to accept responsibility, capable of self-direction

    and self-control, and capable of creativity. Moreover, Theory Y approaches

    generally hold that people are motivated by and respond effectively to

    responsibility, take satisfaction in the work itself, seek participation, andoperate with imagination and creativity (Collins, 1996).

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    CONSENSUAL MODEL OR THEORY Z

    In Z organizations, decision making is typically a consensual, participative

    one (Ouchi & Price, 1993). Type Z organizations show broad concern for

    the welfare of subordinates and of co-workers as a natural part of a working

    relationship (quoted in Peters, 1982, p. 79). Furthermore, egalitarianism is

    central to Type Z organizations. Because people can be trusted, they can use

    their own discretion and work autonomously without close supervision

    (Ouchi & Price, 1993). As Ouchi and Price stated:

    Trust underscores the belief thatgoals correspond, thatneither person is out to

    harmthe other.This feature,perhapsmore thanany other,accountsfor thehigh

    levels of commitment, of loyalty, and of productivity in . . . type Z organiza-

    tions. (p. 81)

    DiIulios (1987) responsibility and consensual models, like Theories Y

    and Z, give both staff and prisoners the benefit of the doubt. Distinctions

    between staff and inmates and among levels of staff are less strictly main-

    tained, communication networks across organizational and hierarchical

    boundaries are not only tolerated but encouraged, and some discretion is

    allowed for both staff and prisoners, whether in the performance of tasks

    (such as rule enforcement) or in self-governance (in the case of inmates).

    Such organizations, as argued by Reisig (1998) and others (Merton, 1940;

    Stohr et al., 1994, as cited in Reisig, 1998), are more likely to be less bureau-

    cratic than control or Theory X organizations. They also seem to be more

    effective in meeting the organizational goal of maintaining internal order.

    However, having reviewed the characteristics of DiIulios (1987)

    typology, one is still faced with the need to explain the disconnect between

    organizational rigidity and security. That is, why would less restrictive orga-

    nizations experiences fewer serious lapses of security? A possible explana-

    tion is suggested by a study by McCorkle et al. (1995), who examined the

    structural, managerial, and environmental determinants of prison violence

    andfound that, contrary to thehypotheses of both Sykess (1958) deprivation

    model and DiIulios (1987) managerial model, the factors most predictive of

    internal disorder (measured as incidents of inmate-inmate and inmate-staff

    violence) were a low proportion of African Americans in the guard popula-

    tion and low unemployment rates in the free economy. The authors conclude

    that the main policy implication of their findings was that prison administra-

    tors should recruit more African Americans into the ranks of prisonguards ifthey wish tokeep thepeace. What prisonadministrators shoulddo about eco-

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    nomic policy was not addressed. However, in concluding that more African

    American COs are needed, they overlooked the possibility that increased

    racial similarity between guards and prisonersto use Sykess (1958) term,

    to reduce the social distance (p. 54) between themserves to promote a

    socialcohesionthat contemporaryprisons appear to lack. In their discussion,

    McCorkle et al. (1995) pointed out that their results showed no support for

    the social disordering effects of heightened security. This social disorder-

    inghypothesis, they noted,presumes theexistence of a cohesive inmatesoci-

    etysuchas theone describedbySykes (1958), onethatwould bedisturbedby

    increased restrictions or deprivations. But this cohesive inmate social

    structure, they wrote, no longer obtains:

    Whereas the notion of a society of captives may have once been an accurateconceptualization of inmate relations, there has been little that resembles a

    community behind the walls for more than two decades. The growing con-

    centration of lower-class, antisocial, and violent prisoners who value tough-

    ness, individuality, and violent solutions to conflicts and dilemmas makes a

    society of captives impossible (Clear & Cole, 1990). Indeed, Irwin (1980)

    has concludedthat the contemporaryprison is composedof nothing more than

    a collection of hostile racial groups, violent gangs, and cliques. The potential

    for violence remains constant in this environment, although a tenuous social

    order is maintained through strict segmentation and avoidance behaviors.

    Unlike the past, there is no longer a single inmate subculture and no uniform

    inmate code that is adhered to by all prisoners. Consequently, the absence of a

    linkbetween increased securityand order wasto beexpected. (McCorkle et al.,

    1995, p. 325)

    The picture of prison social organization given here is one of barely orga-

    nized chaos in which individual well-being is best ensured by membership in

    a gang rather than by the old ethos of doing your own time. But if prisons are

    merely jungles, why would having the racial composition of the keepers

    more closely reflect that of the kept serve to reduce violence? Because, as

    Sykes (1958) put it so well, the guard can remainaloof only with great diffi-

    culty, forhe possesses few of thosedevices which normally serve tomaintain

    social distance between the rulers and the ruled (p. 54). Yet, what, besides

    race, more surelyguarantees socialdistancein theUnited States? Thegreater

    presence of African American guards in a prison system that disproportion-

    ately imprisons African Americans is onewayto decrease thesocial distance

    between COs and prisoners and to promote peace within the walls.

    The picture presented by McCorkle et al. (1995) above is also incompati-ble with the findings of Reisig (1998) in that the rates of disorder in Reisigs

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    study were found to be lower in less restrictive environments, which, if

    McCorkle et al. (1995) are correct, should be impossible. That is, if some

    form of uniform inmate social cohesion did not exist, prison management

    models allowing a degree of latitude to staff and prisoners would produce

    more, not less, violence.A possible resolution to this conflicting picture may

    be that more permissive prison administrations, like the presence of African

    American guards, allow both a reduction in social distance and the conse-

    quent development of more cohesive social relationships as well as the exer-

    cise of staff discretion, thereby producing greater levels of peace and order

    within the institution.

    If such were thecase, it would point toward socialcohesionas a necessary

    ingredient in prison security. This is a crucial point not only for control but

    for rehabilitation as well, for social cohesion has been called a necessaryprecondition for effective therapy (Yalom, 1985, p. 50) based on a group

    modality. It is this possible point of overlap that thecontrol versus rehabilita-

    tion debate has overlooked and which may form the basis of an organiza-

    tional theory of prisons that could encompass both the maintenance of inter-

    nal order and the reform of prisoners.

    Another point to consider is that much of the research on prison manage-

    ment, violence, and programming has focused on mens prisons not on

    womens prisons. In general, contemporary female offenders do not resem-

    ble their male counterparts in the extent of their violence and sociopathy

    (Austin & Irwin, 2001; Chesney-Lind, 1991; Chesney-Lind & Immarigeon,

    1995; Immarigeon & Chesney-Lind, 1992) and require less supervision by

    posing lower institutional risks (Austin & Irwin, 2001). Also, Austin and

    Irwin reported that women inmates have more severe social, educationaland economic risk factors than male inmates (p. 61). Consistent with theo-

    ries of womens psychosocial development, it is also likely that female pris-

    oners are more likely than are males to want programming that helps them

    learn healthy social relationships, as Belknap (1996) found in her survey of

    female inmatesprogramming needs. Furthermore, as Giallombardo (1966)

    found inherstudy of socialrelationships ina womens prison, femaleprison-

    ersdeveloped socialrelations along kinship lines,with various prisoners tak-

    ing the roles of mother, daughter, wife, husband, and so on, a finding that

    would suggest that greater social cohesion may occur in womens prisons

    than in mens prisons.

    The next question is what are the social relationships relevant to social

    cohesion, and, following that, are these relationships characteristic of either

    the responsibility or the consensual models of prison management?

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    REHABILITATING PRISONERS

    Much research has been devoted to designing and testing treatment pro-

    grams for prisoners. However, the focus of this literature has been typically

    on the characteristics and/or outcomes of the study population (see Palmer,

    1983, for a review; see also Falkin, Wayson, Wexler, & Lipton, 1992;

    Farabee et al., 1999; Knight & Simpson, 1999; Lurigio, 2000; Vigdal, 1995;

    Wexler, Falkin, & Lipton, 1990) rather than on social factors (i.e., prison

    social structure, therapeutic community social structure, etc.) that may also

    influence outcome, and, equally important for the purposes of this discus-

    sion, that may influence the social processes among inmates and staff. The

    focus of the following section is to begin to fill this gap by examining the

    social relationships considered most conducive to the rehabilitation of

    prisoners.

    Yalom (1985) wrote of group therapy, which is a major treatment modal-

    ity in inmaterehabilitation, that a sine quanon in effective therapy outcome

    is a proper therapeutic relationship . . . . Successful therapy is mediated by a

    relationship between therapist and patient that is characterized by trust,

    warmth, empathic understanding, and acceptance (pp. 48-49). In group

    therapies, cohesiveness, defined as theattractivenessof a group forits mem-

    bers (Yalom, 1985, p. 49), is analogous to therelationshipbetween the ther-

    apist and patient in individual therapy (p. 48). For this reason, in group treat-

    ment formats, considerable effort is put forth to enable the members of the

    group to develop trust, feelings of warmth, understanding, and acceptance

    toward one another.

    Therapeutic communities (TCs) within prisons can be considered a spe-cial form of residential inpatient therapy. Or, in Filstead and Rossis (1973)

    definition of the TC, it is a method of organizing the social structure of a

    treatment setting to cultivate and take advantage of natural social relation-

    ships (p. 10). For example, Cornerstone, a successful TC for drug-addicted

    offenders administeredby theOregon Department of MentalHealth through

    a cooperative agreementwith theState Department of Corrections, separates

    TC participants from the general prison population for 1 year and utilizes

    peer pressure and support as part of its program. The program employs a

    highly structured routine of daily activities, encourages inmates to take

    responsibility andownership of their treatmentby granting them authority to

    run the program, permits them to earn their freedom by obeying program

    rules, and gives 6 months of transition and aftercare services (Field, 1989,

    cited in Lurigio, 2000). It is interesting to note that the program appears to

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    follow a mixed, or consensual, model of prison administration: Routines are

    highly structured (control model); inmates are encouraged to take responsi-

    bility(responsibilitymodel); and theprogram uses a reward systemfor good

    behavior (responsibilitymodel). It is also importantto note theimportance of

    social or group cohesion in this program: Participants are separated from the

    main prison population, peer pressure and group support are used to gain

    compliance, and aftercare is provided to offer transitional support.

    Despite such successes, however, thecause of rehabilitating inmates con-

    tinues to be an uphill battle. Frequently, the failures of the prison system,

    especially recidivism, are blamed on prisoners themselvesafter all, they

    are, as one of the associate wardens at Alderson put it, the failures. These

    people are unintelligent, emotionally unstable, and insecure (Giallombardo,

    1966, p. 71). However plausible it may seem to blame the prisoner for his orher failures, and certainly they do bear considerable responsibility, the fore-

    going discussion should suggest that several weighty institutional forces

    may be at work in these failures. It would therefore be reasonable to analyze

    the general causes of organizational failure and effectiveness as these apply

    to prisons.

    ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

    In her study of theorganizational forces at work inside a womens prison,

    Giallombardo (1966) argued that the prison was organized so as to balance

    the competing claims of custody, economic support (maintenance) of the

    prison, and rehabilitation. Thus, when faced with the expansion of the treat-

    ment function, the custodial and maintenance groups mobilized to resist

    changes that [would] in any way jeopardize the successful performance of

    their functions (p. 73). Giallombardo went on to argue that to lay the blame

    for this obstructive behavior on the custodial and maintenance functions as

    persons or as departments would be to overlook the main point, which was

    that

    the basic conflict between the competing goals of self-maintenance and cus-

    tody on the one hand, and treatment on the other, is a structural weakness of

    prisons:Anydisturbancein theequilibrium of thesystem results in reconcilia-

    tion of competing purposes at the treatment level. (p. 73)

    In other words, in prisons, treatment priorities will give way to those of

    custody and maintenance. Consequently, when change was introduced at

    Alderson in theform of an educational program forinmates,the maintenance

    and custody functions undermined the education programs ability to func-

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    tion by setting conditions upon the latters times of operation. Inmates would

    have to attend classes in such a way as not to interfere with the custodial and

    maintenance functions, which inmates were needed to staff.

    Trenchant as this critique is,closeinspectionof thetranscript presentedby

    Giallombardo (pp. 68-72) reveals another problem characteristic of organi-

    zations inwhich effectiveness is compromised because changeis resisted.At

    several points in the transcript of the meeting in which the establishment of

    the education program was announced, several participants protested that

    theyhadnot been included inthedecision (p. 70) or thatinmateshad not been

    informed (p. 71). As Nutt (1999) noted in a study of why half of all decisions

    in organizations areneveractually implemented, a major problem is a failure

    to involve major stakeholders and to make adjustments as the decision

    unfolds. Instead, as in thecasedescribedby Giallombardo, edictsare issued:

    Some managers use their power to issue a directive that announces a decision.

    A memorandum is written,job trainingconducted,or an administratorhired to

    carry out actions called for by the decision. This is done without consulting

    with people who have stakes in the changes the decision would

    bring . . . . Edicts were observed in 40 percent of the cases and had the highest

    failure rate. When implementation was attempted by edict, 53 percent of the

    decisions were sustained for two years, and only 35 percent were fully used.

    (Nutt, 1999, p. 83)

    It is perhaps remarkable that managerial edicts, so characteristic of The-

    ory X organizations, remain as popular as they are, even among Nutts sam-

    ple of senior managers in medium to large organizations in theUnitedStates

    and Canadamanagers who, presumably, have had some exposure to theo-

    ries of management andwho therefore might be presumed to be awareof the

    perils of Theory X management practices.

    Another way that organizations can fail to implement decisions or fail to

    change is, as Toch (1994) noted in his discussion of the Norfolk (Massachu-

    setts) Prison Colony (founded in 1931), to attempt to implement a more per-

    missive rehabilitative model within the context of a control or Theory X

    organization. In this formulation, incompatibility between the therapeutic

    organization and the surrounding prison organization militates against the

    survival of the former. For example, at Norfolk, the use of two cadres of COs

    (one group living, eating, and working with the inmates and dedicated to the

    process of rehabilitating them; the other group counting, checking, and

    watching the inmates) led to serious dissension between the two groups.Also, the facility used functionally and physically separated classification

    personnelto assessprisoners, which ledto theopinionsof COsbeingignored

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    (Toch, 1994). Although this would seem to support DiIulios (1987) point

    that putting thefox in charge of thehenhouse leads inevitably to disaster, it is

    probably more to the point to note that the incompatibility between the

    assumptionsof thetwo groupsof staffled to thesabotageof therehabilitation

    unit by the more control-oriented group of guards, who, it seems, leaked

    scandalous tales of licentiousness to politicians and thepress (Toch, 1994, p.

    68). As Tochs narrative of the Norfolk Colony showed, organizational

    failures canoccurbecause of thepresenceof competingmanagement models

    within the same organization.

    IMPLICATIONS FOR

    OUTSOURCING REHABILITATION

    The case of the Norfolk Colony raises yet another issue relating to the

    ability of a prison organization to countenance change. The COs assigned to

    rehabilitation functions in that case were, in effect, identified as outsiders,

    even allies of the inmates, by the guards assigned to perform control func-

    tions. How, then, does the presence of real outsiders (whether agencies or

    individuals) affect the prison organization?

    Virtually all of the literature on public-private partnerships in corrections

    known to this writer has dealt with the history, feasibility, costs and benefits,

    political implications, and/or outcomes of contracting out all of the prisons

    functions to an outside provider (Ogle, 1999; see Schneider, 1999, for a

    review). This means that limited conclusions about the social dynamics of

    outsourcing a single function can be drawn from the literature. However, a

    clue can be found in a study by Shichor (1999), who noted that with the

    entrance of private corporations into theoperation of prisons, the role of cor-

    rections officials changes fromprogram administrators to contract monitors

    (p.252). Thedifference is an importantone. Program administrators aretyp-

    ically involved in the day-to-day management of a facility or function. Con-

    tract monitors, in contrast, typicallydelegate these roles to thecontractor and

    oversee such issues as adherence to budgets. However, given the tradition of

    control or Theory X management characteristic of prison administration, this

    is a role that corrections officials may be ill-prepared to fulfill, whether their

    responsibility is oversight of a corporation running an entire facility or over-

    sight of an agencyprovidinga singleservice. Thecontrol or TheoryX model

    implies that prison officials will tend to view outside contractors as a species

    of worker or inmate: untrustworthy, unmotivated, and in need of closesupervision.

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    If, inaddition, thesingle service provided by anoutside vendor is rehabili-

    tative services, the kinds of organizational issues revealed in previous sec-

    tions of this article may be heightened. That is, the rehabilitative services

    provided by the vendor are likely to be seen as in some way competing with

    or undermining the institutions goal of inmate control. This is seen in the

    case of the Norfolk Colony cited by Toch (1994) where personnel who

    worked closely and formed emotional bonds with inmates were defined as

    outsidersby those assigned to watch both them and theprisoners. If thereha-

    bilitative personnel are also outside contractors, it would seem predictable

    that they would almost certainly be defined as outsiders (as well as potential

    or actualalliesof the prisoners) and would beheld ina certain amount of sus-

    picion, at least until they proved themselves capable of conforming to institu-

    tional norms (see Marquart, 1986). Thus, it is likely that when a prison con-tracts or partners with an outside service provider (i.e., outsourcing

    therapeutic services), the presence of outsiders will exacerbate existing ten-

    sions between control and rehabilitative functions. As was the case in

    Giallombardos (1966) Alderson, the function most likely to lose out will be

    the provider of the rehabilitative service, in this case the outside vendor.

    CONCLUSIONS

    The competing goals of control and rehabilitation have been part of the

    American penitentiary since its inception. The primacy of control has been

    illustrated in work such as DiIulio (1987) and Reisig (1998), which has

    focused on the factors leading to the maintenance of control inside prisons

    not on the factors leading to the rehabilitation of prisoners. DiIulios (1987)

    contention, which, according to Reisig (1998), has been influential despite

    its lack of empirical verification, was that the control model prison is safer

    and less prone to outbreaks of violence. Thus, because organizational effec-

    tiveness of prisons has been measured primarily in terms of control of

    inmates, the control or Theory X model has been presumed to be the most

    effective organizational model. This untested assumption, it was argued, has

    had a detrimental effect on the performance of other organizational goals of

    prisons, especially rehabilitation, which emphasizes inmate responsibility

    and autonomy via social cohesion. That less restrictive models akin to more

    modern management theories have been presumed less effective than the

    control model in the maintenance of order is ironic in view of the findings of

    this article, which points to the possibility that security and rehabilitationmight in fact be feasible ifmore permissiveorganizationalmodels were used,

    and that socialcohesion, which control modelsspecificallyattempt to under-

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    mine, is a necessary precondition not only to anorderly prison but to one that

    fulfills itsrehabilitativegoals as well. In addition, theuseof bureaucraticand

    autocratic management strategies such as managerial edicts, as well as the

    failure to consider the implications of pitting two organizational models

    against one another, can be seen to undermine social cohesion, order, and

    rehabilitation.

    Finally, although prison administrators have increasingly shown interest

    in offering treatment programs for incarcerated offenders, the persistent pri-

    ority on incapacitation of inmates leads one to ask whether this interest

    means that prisons arewilling to setaside the traditional organizational mea-

    sures of effectiveness in the interests of allowing such programs to function,

    or if administrators are chiefly interested in gaining yet another means of

    controlling inmates.

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