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CJ Chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The belief that prisoners should always reside in worse conditions than should the poorest law-abiding citizen | Less Eligibility |
| True or False: in most states, the cost of constructing, maintaining and staffing prisons has risen dramatically over the past few decades | True |
| True of False: more government money is put into prisons that schooling | True |
| Institutions that completely encapsulate the lives of the people who work and live in them | Total Institutions |
| The large group of people who live in prisons is divided into 2 groups: | Those who exercise control and those who are controlled |
| True or False: Few inmates arrive at correctional facilities directly from the court that sentenced them | True |
| System for assigning inmates to levels of custody and treatment appropriate to their needs | Classification |
| True or False: The # of prisoners decreased between 2000 and 2012 | False |
| Program that diverted first time, non-violent and non-sex offenders from state prisons to local jails/community correction programs | California's Public Safety Realignment Policy |
| True or False: the US is the world's #1 incarcerator | True |
| True or False: emphasis on inmate counseling and rehabilitation has declined dramatically since the 1980s | True |
| Psychological treatments typically include what 3 counseling techniques? | Reality Therapy, Group Psychotherapy, and Behavior Therapy |
| Therapists attempt to improve the inmate's willingness or ability to behave more responsibly by focusing on the consequences of acting inappropriately | Reality Therapy |
| Involves bringing inmates into confrontational group interactions with other inmates as they discuss shared problems and call each other on their attempts to manipulate their behaviors | Group Psychotherapy |
| Behavior modification techniques, such as rewards and punishments, are used to alter inmate behavior | Behavior Therapy |
| True or False: in 2012, half of jail, state and federal inmates reported an infectious disease | True |
| Who typically meets the daily needs of inmates? | Nurses/paraprofessionals |
| Roughly ? of inmates have not completed high school by the time they enter prison | 2/3rds |
| ? programs are the most common type of courses offered in prison | Secondary Education Programs for people to get GEDs |
| Does obtaining a secondary degree in prison affect employment or recidivism? | Increases the odd of finding a job, but does not affect recidivism |
| Does obtaining a postsecondary degree in prison affect employment or recidivism? | Increases overall wages and results in less recidivism |
| Primarily responsible for the overall operation of the prison; report to the central office of the state Department of Corrections | Wardens |
| Employees who have direct contact with inmates and whose jobs are intended to achieve the custodial and rehabilitative goals of the prison | Line Personnel |
| What are some examples of Line Personnel? | Custody Staff (guards), teachers, counselors |
| Workers the provide support services to the line personnel and administrators. Includes clerks, secretaries, training officers | Staff Personnel |
| 2/3rds of all prison employees are ? | Correctional Officers |
| Today, women makes up about ?% of all correctional officers employed | 31.4% |
| True or false: more than half of all inmates are charged with violating prison rules at least once per sentence, and at least 1/3rd commit multiple infractions | True |
| Supreme Court decision that inmates facing disciplinary action must have a formal hearing, 24 hour notification of the hearing, assistance in presenting a defense, and ability to call witness | Wolff v McDonnell |
| Hearing before the disciplinary board to determine whether the charge against an inmate has merit and to determine the sanction if the charge is sustained | Disciplinary Hearing |
| Rules violators generally face one of 3 forms of sanction: | Administrative Segregation, loss of good time and loss of privileges |
| Placement of an inmate in a single-person cell in a high security area for a specified period of time | Administrative Segregation |
| Most states limit the amount of time in segregation to ? | 20 days |
| The practice of reducing an inmate's sentence for good behavior | Good Time |
| True or False: Loss of good time can extend the inmate's actual amount of time served | True |
| A disciplinary sanction involving the loss of visits, mail, recreation, and access to commissary | Loss of Privileges |
| Residents of prisons have the highest rate of ? among all residents of public institutions | HIV Infection |
| Approx. ?% of inmates are classified as mentally ill? | 16% |
| True or False: Males are more likely than females to have mental health problems | False |
| True or False: Black inmates were more likely to have mental health problems than whites | False |
| Court case that said inmates could be forced to take antipsychotic drugs for their benefit or if they are a danger to themselves or others | Washington v Harper |
| ? are the fastest growing population in state prisons | Older Inmates |
| Elderly inmates cost ? times more to incarcerate than younger inmates | 2-3 times more |
| ? out of 10 inmates have some sort of disability | 3 |
| Act that said all public accommodations are prohibited from discriminating against persons with physical disabilities, including prisoners | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
| ? juveniles are prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system annually | 200,000 |
| Fictive families created by female prisoners to provide stability and security | Surrogate Families |
| Nearly ?% of women in prison have children | 62% |
| Deprivations (such as loss of freedom, possessions, dignity, autonomy, security, and heterosexual relationships) shared by inmates | Pains of Imprisonment |
| Explanation of the inmate subculture as an adaptation to the loss of amenities and freedoms within prisons | Deprivation Model |
| A view of the inmate subculture as a reflection of the values and norms inmates bring with them when they enter prison | Importation Model |
| Process by which inmates adjust to or become assimilated into the prison subculture | Prisonization |
| A system of informal norms created by prisoners to regulate inmate behavior | Inmate Code |
| Gangs develop in prison for a number of reasons, including? | Solidarity, power and self-preservation |
| Both suicide and homicide rates have ? since 2001 | Increased |
| The first recorded riot in an American Prison occurred where and when? | Connecticut in 1774 |
| The position taken by the Supreme Court that it will not interfere with states' administration of prisons | Hands-Off Doctrine |
| African American Muslim inmates have the same constitutional right to practice their religion and hold worship services as inmates of other faiths | Fulwood v Clemmer |
| True of False: Inmates get the best medical care possible | False |
| A principle guiding federal court evaluations of prison conditions: the lack of a specific condition alone does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, but them added up could be | Totality of Conditions |
| Supreme Court decision that applied totality of conditions to find the Arkansas Prison System in violation of the 8th amendment | Holt v Sarver |
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