PSYC 268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Penitentiary Act, Mental Disorder, Personality Disorder

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 268
• Professor: Deborah Connolly

Document Summary

Commission found that about 70% of inmates were repeat offenders focus of report. First canadian correctional institution built in kingston, ontario in 1835 as provincial institution; became federal institution in 1868. By 1890 there were 4 more federal prisons. As result of riots in 1930s, archambault royal commission of inquiry created to look into conditions in canadian prisons on rehabilitation. Took until 1947 before penitentiary act was passed, but included many reforms recommended in archambault report & set stage for development of correctional psychology. Jails: maximum security facilities that house persons whose lives are in a state of major disruption but because individuals stay for a short time, programs and services are limited. Federal government has jurisdiction over prisons, institutions that house persons serving sentences of 2 years or more; have more services and programs available in prisons than in jails; can be low, medium, or high security.