Token Economy Research Paper

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A Warden, A Warden is a person responsible for the supervision of a facility or thing who ensures regulations associated with it are being obeyed. Being a fairly well-known warden of a maximum-security state prison is a day to day lifestyle that a certain person chose to live by. It’s a tittle, a big tittle some make comments like “It’s just a babysitting job” or “the employees do all the work and the warden just sits back and watches” when in reality the warden is the reason why everything is up and running. Of course, the employees play a very big role when it comes to holding up a facility, but the warden is the reason why a facility can become a respected and well-ran prison. Making it significantly different from most correctional facilities. Six out of twelve choices of rehabilitating programs are all I’m left …show more content…
A token economy is a form of behavior modification designed to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable behavior with the use of tokens. It’s what keeps these inmates motivated to do better. Some people would say “well they shouldn’t get rewarded for doing what they’re supposed to do”, but in all honesty, we do good in life just to be rewarded why not treat these inmates the same. Token economy is one of the methods most used. As a warden this is a program I would keep because the whole idea is to teach these young men and women that whenever good behavior is applied a reward will come out of it not just within my facility but in life in general. It teaches them social skills that can later be used in one’s natural environment. This also helps manage the behavior of aggressive inmates or inmates who are hard to restrain. Most lead by example so if they see one inmate getting rewarded for good behavior they might want to get the same treatment in return. As a warden this is what helps keep my facility a whole at least in my