Document Type : Research Paper
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Existence of some organizations to provide social and public services to people is one of the necessities of human societies. The manner such organiczations run may shape the public attitude towards them. The "Organization of Prisons" is not an exception. In order to study this subject, a research was carried out The theoretical bases of this study have been sociological and socio-psychological theories. Evaluation of the rate of satisfaction, the opinion of prisoners about the programs and facilities of jails, and the capabilities of its agents have been the main questions of this study. A survey was conducted for this purpose. The results suggested that the most important problem of inmates of public health, and overcrowding were of the jails. The highest satifaction was about the attitude and behavior of guards and the lowest level of satisfaction was about of jails. A relation was found between the rate of satisfaction of inmates and programs and facilities of jails, anti the level of their education. However no relation was found between thier occupation before conviction, and the kinds of their crimes. Moreover, the analysis showed that there was a direct relationship between satisfacation of inmates and the jail, and the kind of treatment of prison guards.
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