Curtis Isele

Corrections: A Holistic View

Curtis graduated from the University of Tampa with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology in 2009 and received his Master of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Arizona State University in 2015. Curtis was a member of the Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honors Society upon graduation. Curtis has held the position of Correctional Officer in both Louisiana and Tennessee and is currently serves with Kansas law enforcement where he conducts criminal and internal investigations involving inmates and staff.

Curtis’s main focus is on general penology, paying special attention to inmate reintegration, the influence of society, and the future of corrections. Curtis has appeared as a guest on Anthony Gangi’s “Tier Talk” on several occasions and is dedicated to the progression of the criminal justice system.

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Full list of Curtis Isele results

When the line between correctional officer and inmate becomes blurred
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Constant exposure to this criminal underworld instigates more officer turnover than any other factor
Why correctional turnover is so high
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Much of what makes corrections so dangerous can be easily fixed, if only society understood the importance of incarceration
Are we facing a loss of control in corrections?
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Ideologies and managerial qualms have surfaced that impact corrections and, in my opinion, have caused severe damage
Our system is suffering: Why we need change in corrections
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The pendulum has shifted to favor the inmate population
How differential association affects prison populations
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Social learning theory is comprised of four main parts — differential association, differential reinforcement/punishment, definitions, and imitation
How differential association and social learning impacts prison populations
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A large percentage of offenders were exposed to mores prior to developing cognitive ability and were then taught a whole new set of norms and standards throughout their respective life courses
Why solitary confinement is an absolute necessity
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A blanket ban on solitary for low-level and juvenile offenders, in my opinion, is not an optimal choice nor is it conducive to public safety
How correctional facilities can minimize violence and bolster rehabilitative efforts
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The goal is to separate offenders in an effort to minimize violence and bolster rehabilitative efforts
An argument in favor of punitive classification
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Offenders considered to be in punitive custody will be required to show adaptive behavior in order receive any superfluous benefits that are not necessarily required in incarceration
An argument in favor of classification reform
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Corrections is a split system in which there is a clear, concise, and substantiated difference between habitual criminality/violent criminality and non-habitual criminality/non-violent criminality
An argument in favor of good-time reform
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Good-time needs to be desired — it needs to be a tangible possibility for inmates while simultaneously being hard to acquire
Fixing the source: Rehabilitating the juvenile justice system
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Something cannot come from nothing; is the way we’re treating juvenile offenders creating the larger problems we see in adult offender populations?
How do we rehabilitate Corrections?
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A unified corrections system would encourage consistency and success in both its employees and inmates
What’s the difference between direct and indirect supervision?
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Do inmates respond differently when switched from one type of supervision to another? You bet they do
Is corrections really as stressful as everyone says?
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So you wanna be a CO? Find out the truth behind all the media hype, and see if it's right for you
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