Discuss several reasons inmates are placed in protective custody.

What will be an ideal response?


The reasons for being placed in protective custody can be many, but some are more common: sexual harassment and/or pressure for sexual favors from other inmates; providing information to correctional or law enforcement officials; being an informant; being in debt to other inmates, usually through gambling of one sort or another; the type of crime that the offender committed prior to incarceration, such as with pedophiles; and having been previously employed in law enforcement or corrections.

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What will be an ideal response?

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