For my evaluation of Sussex 2 State Prison, I will be conducting interviews with the correctional officers. I will have a list of 10 questions that I will be asking them and based on the answers that I receive from the correctional officers I will be able to ask more. This will give me all the information that I need for my evaluation. The following are the questions I plan to ask while conducting my evaluation
- Roughly how many inmates have a mental health diagnosis?
- What are the ranges of mental health diagnosis you see here?
- How are you trained to react to mental health emergencies?
- Do you feel this is adequate training and reaction?
- What mental health programs are in place for the inmates?
- What mental health programs are in place for the employees?
- Do you think the programs in place help the inmates and employees?
- Do you think the current programs are enough to help inmates learn to deal with their mental health and avoid reoffending?
- If you could implement programs, to improve mental health, for inmates and/or employees what would it be?
- If you could change anything about how mental health is handled in your facility, what would if be?
Due to safety concerns, I will not be able to conduct an observation of the correctional officers with the inmates. This would be a fantastic contribution to my evaluation; however I understand why they are not allowing me to do so.