CJUS 320 Ch. 10-16

The most important action that prison staff can take to control gangs is to ignore gang activity till it reaches a flashpoint

False

Which of the following is a necessary condition for Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program to allow for the sale of prison goods on the open market?

Funds for victim assistance programs should be collected

What is the custody and security component within a prison often called?

correctional services

Federal courts have always been involved in correctional management issues

false

inmates lose all of their citizenship rights once they enter prison

false

inmates stay at the prison to which they were originally assigned throughout their entire term of incarceration

false

male and female offenders have always been housed separately in the US, even in the earliest jails

false

most states have decided against implementing unit management

false

Both male and female inmates are equally hesitant to talk to staff

false

Most staff in prison interact extensively with other staff, to a much greater proportion than they do with other inmates

false

Positive recognition and good pay have often been the incentives that motivated people to take jobs as correctional officers

false

Prison staff are trained to monitor inmates only intermittently as not to interfere with their privacy

false

Prison staff do not waste a lot of time searching areas of the prison or shaking down inmates to find contraband and deter its possession

false

Rehabilitation, by definition, mean "to take up a new form"

false

Wardens cannot be the substantive experts on everything that goes into a prison

true

Which is the primary alternative provided by prison administrations that want to restrict weight lifting?

"dip" bars

Most inmates are reuired to work for approximately how many hours per day and days per week?

6 hours per day, 5 days a week

Approximately what percentage of females inmates are mothers?

65%

Residential treatment is a part of which of the following prison programs?

??

which of the following is true of transnational leaders in a prison?

??

In which of the following programs do private companies hire inmates to produce good inside the prison?

PIE programs

how do most male inmates adjust to incarceration

by isolating themselves and trying to do their time independently

Which of the following is a less formal count conducted at program and work assignments by the staff responsible for supervising inmates?

census count

what position is most critical to the day-to-day management of a prison?

correctional officer

Which of the following refers to the activities within a prison that control inmate behavior and maintain order?

custody

Disciplinary segregation is a nonpunititve confinement in SHU used to house inmates whose continued presence in the general population may pose a serious threat to the security or orderly running of the prison

false

In Baze el al. v. Ress the Supreme Court stated that the lethal injection drug protocol for executions was unconstitutional

false

Minorities are on death row at a rate well below their representation in the US population

false

Most prisons provide full due process right for handling inmates discipline.

false

Religious programs are prohibited in state and federal prisons due to the separation of church and state

false

The Violent Crime Control Act of 1994 halted inmate lawsuits

false

The challenge of balancing custody and security with treatment and rehabilitation is easily accomplished by the prison management

false

There is no place for humor in prison

false

Women's prisons have nothing in common with men's prisons

false

a pass system schedules all the appointments and required moves for a day, including the name and expected times of the moves.

false

in the past, wardens had many demands on them to be external managers because correction was of great interest to elected officials, the courts, or the media

false

wardens report directly to the security supervisors, the chief executive officers responsible for day-to-day actvities.

false

Which does NOT contribute to the security and custody functions within a prison?

free and unrestricted inmate movement

Whichi department do service staff work in?

health services

Which of the following teams has the principal role of opening lines of communication between staff and hostage-takers?

hostage negotiation team

Which of the following refers to the staff's ability to locate and identify inmates at any point in time within a prison?

inmate accountability

What kind of application process is used to determine whether correctional job candidates have issues that could put the in a compromising situation or make them more likely to accept a bribe?

integrity interview

Which of the following actions is NOT recommended by the National Major Gang Task Force to monitor gang members

isolate gang members for long periods of solitary confinement

which of the following is NOT true of of the Adult Internal Management System?

it ensures that inmates are assigned housing bases on clinical judgments

Which administrative function is NOT a typical responsibility of the central organization of a correctional agency?

labor contract negotiation

Who is responsible for an area of the prison, such as recreation or the SHU

lieutenants

which officers are usually assigned to some of the most sensitive and explosive areas of the prison?

lieutenants

which of the following is a measure to control prison gangs?

observing inmates' routine to identify association with gang members

Which of the following are assets to prison operations, provide funds to operate, and reduce recidivism?

prison industry programs?

which of the following requires the collection of the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault within correctional facilities and development of national standards for the reduction of sexual violence in prison

prison rape elimination act

What are staff that provide rehabilitative activities sometimes called?

professional staff

Which of the following is NOT a type of issue dealt with by correctional agency legal offices

prosecuting inmates who commit crime while in prison

Which is NOT one of the activities of the bureaucratic warden?

punishing staff and inmates who break the rules

Which of the following is done at any time, freezing inmates at whatever location they are in?

random count

Which of the following is considered a good deterrent to and source of data about use of narcotics by prison inmates

random drug testing

Which of the following is considered as the most controversial area of prison programming?

recreation programs

Few prisons have extensive post secondary education programs, even though several thousand inmates took college classes and earned college degrees in the past

true

Which of the following is NOT one of the eight main types of activities that contribute to the security and custody functions within a prison?

reduction of muscle-building exercise, particularly weightlifting

what is the scheduled counting of inmates in their housing units to ensure that they are in the prison and have not escaped

regular count

Which of the following by definition means "to return to a previous form"

rehabilitation

Which of the following is true regarding religious programs in prison?

religious services are often coordinated by one or two full-time chaplains who provide religious guidance for prisoners.

In a chain of command, who might a correctional officer report directly to?

security supervisor

Which of the following is a light-colored background with the outline of the tool pained on it, allowing for a missing tool or knife to be quickly noticed?

shadow board

Which of the following emergency teams is trained in the use of lethal force when all else fails to resolve an emergency situation?

special emergency response team

For states that still use indeterminate sentence and parole for release decisions, where are the parole board and post-release supervision usually located?

the department of corrections

What is a common serious concern regarding continuing the death penalty?

the potential for judicial error

Which of the following is NOT an inmate due process right in the area of prison disciplinary hearings?

the right to a jury trial

Which of the following does NOT report to the unit manager?

the warden

prisons use special housing units to perform which of the following activities?

to separate unruly inmate or inmates at risk

which of the following refers to the process of creating an environment and providing rehabilitative programs that encourage inmates to accept responsibility and to address personal disorders?

treatment

All prisons have a rule against any type of sexual behavior between inmates

true

Both overclassifying and underclassifying inmates can cause problems, because housing high-security facility inceases the potential for escape or violence

true

Inmates are not allowed to solicit other inmates to join an inmate union and have union meetings

true

Investigations of inmate riots and disturbances have discovered that most are not planned or precisely initiated by inmate leaders

true

Most prisons have military chain of command

true

Open prison systems do not permit autonomous wardens who run their prisons as they desire and answer to no one

true

Prison work and program assignments are an important part of the normal routine of the prison day

true

Substance abuse treatment programs are critical activities within prison because such a high proportion of inmates have a history of drug or alcohol abuse.

true

The most feared event at a prison is an inmate riot or disturbance

true

The need for drug treatment in prisons far exceeds the provision of drug treatment programs

true

conflict exists between some medical groups that oppose the use of licensed medical personnel to administer life-ending drugs and state requirements that such medical personnel oversee executions

true

many state legislatures, county governments, and Congress have recently passed legislation limiting weight lifting in prisons and jails.

true

once an offender is sentenced to prison, a reception and classification process begins

true

prisons and jails have different missions, but there is little difference in the role that correctional officers play in the two types of facilities

true

the Hawes-Cooper Act in 1929 required that prison products be subject to the laws of any state to which they were shipped.

true

the Prison Rape Elimination Act requires the collection of information on the incidence and prevalence of sexual assault within correctional facilities

true

the number of inmates filling suits against correctional agencies or prison staff has dropped in the last decade

true

the public interest in and expectations for corrections have risen in the recent years

true

What are correctional services departments sometimes called?

uniformed staff

Which of the following is a specific training in a trade area to prepare students to work in that trade?

vocational training

Which of the following prison officers manages resources, acts as a role model for staff, and defines professional expectations?

warden

Which of the following types of sanction used for inmates discipline by most correctional systems is the least severe?

warning

Which of the following is the most controversial recreational activity?

weight lifting

Which of the following is the time when inmates move to their assigned jobs or programs assignments?

work call

treatment is the creation of an environment and provision of rehabilitative programs that encourage inmates to accept responsibility

true

Which of the following elements is NOT from Irwin and Cressey's list of good inmate behavior

trust the guards

In which 1972 case did the Supreme court hold that inmates be given a "reasonable opportunity" to practice their religion?

Cruz v. beto

prison gangs are declining in the US prisons

False

Which of the following sets of experts suggest the "three-culture'' model for prisons?

Farkas and Manning

which of the following is NOT a typical consequence of understaffing?

It helps officers focus on "doing their jobs right."

Which prison gang is also known as the Texas Mexican Mafia?

Mexikanemi

Which 1948 Supreme Court decision supported the hands-off doctrine?

Price v. Johnston

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Goffman's total institution that results in isolation and inability to act for oneself?

Prison inmates construct a culture with unique values, roles, and customs

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that have led to the recent reduction in the number of inmate lawsuits?

Declining law school enrollments have led to fewer attorneys being available to take on inmates cases.

which of the following is NOT an emergency response team?

SHU

In which 1977 case did the Supreme Court disagree to adding steak and wine of the prison menu for inmates who practiced the new religion of the Church of the New Song (CONS)

Theriault v. Silber

Rederal Bureau of Prisons policy requires that validated gang members (not associates or suspects) be assigned to a maximum-security prison

True

using female guards to supervise female prisoners was one of the requests made by Elizabeth Fry

True

In which 1974 case did the Supreme Court set forth that inmates had some due process rights when facing a prison disciplinary hearing?

Wolff v. McDonnell

Which of the following is NOT a part of the usual inmate disciplinary system?

a way to rehabilitate inmates accused of rule violations

Which Supreme Court decision effectively ended the hands-off doctrine?

Cooper v. Pate??

What is the process to promote and recognize improvement in the management of correctional agencies through the administration of voluntary standards?

ACA accreditation

What is the largest professional organization for corrections in the United States

American Correctional Association

in which 1979 case did the Supreme Court hold that there is no one-person , one-cell guarantee within a prison?

Bell v. Wolfish

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that a bona fide occupational qualification prohibiting female correctional officers was allowable becuase of deplorable prison conditions and the presence of predatory male sex offenders as inmates?

Dothard v. Rawlinson

ACA accreditation is a review to identify whether the procedures prescribed by policy are consistently being carried out by staff members in their daily duties

False

Furman v. Georgia effectively constituted a ban on capital punishment in the US

False

Most state correctional agencies have a history of collective bargaining that goes back to the late 1800s

False

Neither the mission nor the organizational structure of prisons has changed much over the past 50 years

False

The early North American colonies and England used capital punishment as a penalty only for murder.

False