Abstract
Prisoners requiring intensive psychiatric care are one of the most difficult populations to manage in terms of manpower, resources and potential liabilities. This study examines the discipline and control of psychiatric inmates, contrasting the amount and types of disciplinary actions they receive with those of non-patient inmates. The disciplinary histories of the psychiatric patients are discussed using Toch's model of the “disturbed disruptive” inmate. The difference between this study and previous efforts is that an attempt is made to control for disruptiveness. Using samples composed of inmates currently involved in disciplinary actions, it is hoped that differences between the two groups will be explained by psychiatric status.
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