Living Conditions in Prison
Prison staff are trained to monitor inmates only intermittently so 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
Which does not contribute to the security and custody functions within a prison?
Free and unrestricted inmate movement
Which of the following is NOT an emergency response team?
HNT
What is the scheduled counting of inmates in their housing units to ensure that they are in the prison and have not escaped?
Random count
Which of the following is done at any time, freezing inmates at whatever location they are in?
Random count
Inmates who need a separation of longer than 12 months from a prison's inmate population are either transferred to another prison or placed in a supermax facility.
True
The ____________ is a form of inmate movement in which an inmate is issued a pass by the work or program supervisor to go to a scheduled appointment.
Pass system
Which of the following refers to the activities within a prison that control inmate behavior and maintain order?
Custody
Which of the following teams has the principal role of opening lines of communication between staff and hostage-takers?
Hostage negotiation team
The staff's ability to locate and identify inmates at any time within a prison is _____________.
Inmate accountability
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
Which is a key component of inmate accountability policies and procedures?
Inmates are assigned to work and programs on a daily basis
Which of the following is NOT true regarding inmate movements within a prison?
Inmates move individually in a prison, with at least one staff person walking with them from one point to another
Which is NOT a preventive action that prison administrators can take to reduce inmate unrest?
Maintaining secrecy between inmates and staff, and among staff
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
A _____________ allows staff to quickly notice a missing tool or item.
Shadow board
Which of the following is a light-colored background with the outline of the tool painted 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
The ____________ is a temporary housing assignment for inmates who present a danger to prison security or need protection from other inmates.
Special housing unit
Which of the following counts is the most formal count of the day and occurs at 4:00 pm everyday?
Stand-up
Prisons use special housing units used to perform which of the following activities?
Tp separate unruly inmates or inmates at risk
A precipitating event is often thought of as the "spark in the haystack" that sets off an inmate riot.
True
A safe prison is one in which staff and inmates are relatively safe from assaults or other violent acts.
True
A special emergency response team is trained in the use of lethal force when all else fails to resolve an emergency situation.
True
Correctional officers assigned to housing units have post order requirements to search a certain number of cells everyday, and teams of staff may be assigned to an area for a complete search.
True
Investigations of inmate riots and disturbances have discovered the most are not planned or precisely initiated by inmate leaders.
True
Prison work and program assignments are an important part of the normal routine of the prison day.
True
The most feared event at a prison is an inmate riot or disturbance.
True
The task of controlling behavior and maintaining order envisions a picture of total and absolute control by correctional officers and an environment in which inmate rights and individual characteristics must be secondary to security.
True
The time when inmates are required to move to their jobs or program assignments is the ____________.
Work call
Which of the following is the time when inmates move to their assigned jobs or programs assignments?
Work call
The __________ is a schedule of all the appointments and required moves for a day, including the inmate name and expected times of the moves.
Call out
Which of the following is a schedule of all the appointments and required moves for a day, including the name and expected times of the moves?
Call out
What is the style of supervision by staff who are not responsible for inmates, but can still see their movements or activities?
Casual
Which of the following is an item that inmates are not allowed to possess, including items that can assist in escape, are dangerous, can undermine prison physical security, or are nuisance items?
Contraband
____________ is any item that inmates are not allowed to possess.
Contraband
___________ is the procedure that prisons use to maintain accountability for inmates as they move throughout the prison.
Controlled movement
Which of the following is a less formal count conducted at program and work assignments by the staff responsible for supervising inmates?
Census count
A pass system schedules all the appointments and required moves for a day, including the name and expected times of the moves.
False
American Correctional Association standards require a minimum of five scheduled counts per twenty-four-hour period.
False
Contraband is defined as the list of items that prison inmates are legally allowed to possess.
False
Disciplinary segregation is a non punitive 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
Inmates are in their cells most of the day and are rarely allowed to move across the prison compound.
False
