Ensemble
Procedures for Finding High Risk Prison Inmates
Richard A. Berk (UCLA) and Jong-Ho Baek
ABSTRACT
The California
Department of Corrections (CDC) currently houses more inmates than any
state corrections department in the country (Harrison and Karlberg,
2003). There are approximately 160,000 inmates in 33 institutions, 16
community corrections facilities, 41 camps, and 8 prisoner mother
facilities. A key issue for correction officials and a range of
stakeholders is how best to maintain order and safety in a
cost-effective manner. Every year, approximately 15% of the inmates
engage in some form of ”misconduct” that can range from failing to
report for a work assignment to insubordination to possession of
narcotics to an assault on a guard or fellow prisoner.
