Deck 12: Behind Bars: the Life of an Inmate

Question 1

Which would not be considered to be a reason for violent behavior in prisons?

A)A reputation for violence may increase an inmate as a target of assault.
B)It enhances self-image in an environment that does not respect other attributes,such as intelligence.
C)In the case of rape,it gives sexual relief.
D)It serves as a means of acquiring material goods through extortion or outright robbery.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

An inmate who is ____ exists on the fringes of prison society.

A) A disorganized criminal
B) Doing time
C) Gleaning
D) Jailing

Answer 2

A

Question 3

When inmates try to prove that their Eighth Amendment rights were violated by a correctional facility,they must meet the standard of ____.

A) Deliberate indifference
B) Hands-on approach
C) Identifiable human needs
D) Relative deprivation

Answer 3

A

Question 4

A ____ is the disciplinarian of the prison,responsible for policing and transporting the inmates.

A) Captain
B) Lieutenant
C) Officer
D) Sergeant

Question 5

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that minor injuries suffered by a convict at the hands of a correctional officer following an argument did violate the inmate's rights,because there was no security concern at the time of the incident?

A) Cooper v.Pate
B) Hudson v.McMillan
C) Whitley v.Albers
D) Wolff v.McDonnell

Question 6

Which amendment states that inmates do not have the same guaranteed rights as other Americans?

A) Fourth
B) Fifth
C) Eighth
D) Thirteenth

Question 7

Inmates who are ____ are establishing themselves in the power structure of the prison culture.

A) Disorganized criminals
B) Doing time
C) Gleaning
D) Jailing

Question 8

The single factor that most distinguishes female prisoners from their male counterparts is:

A) Age
B) A history of physical or sexual abuse
C) A lengthy criminal history
D) Race or ethnicity

Question 9

Who is responsible for the "well-being" of the inmates by making sure that inmates do not harm themselves or other prisoners?

A) Block officers
B) Tower guards
C) Work detail supervisors
D) Yard officers

Question 10

What is the deprivation model?

A) The deprivation model theorizes that the most effective method of dealing with inmate violence is to deprive inmates of privileges such as access to television and recreation.
B) The deprivation model theorizes that inmate aggression is the result of the frustration inmates feel at being deprived of freedom,consumer goods,sex,and other staples of life normally available outside the institution.
C) The deprivation model theorizes that inmate aggression is the result of the frustration inmates feel at being deprived of quality food,time outdoors,and exercise.
D) The deprivation model theorizes that depriving inmates of visits from associates in the free world will significantly reduce the amount of contraband that enters the prison facility.

Question 11

Inmates who take advantage of prison resources such as libraries or drug treatment programs by ____ are working to improve themselves to prepare for a return to society.

A) Being disorganized criminals
B) Doing time
C) Gleaning
D) Jailing

Question 12

The socialization process through which a new inmate learns the accepted norms and values of the prison population is called

A) Gleaning
B) Prisonization
C) Institutionalization
D) Immersion

Question 13

These officers perform maintenance and security functions in workshop and educational programs.

A) Block officers
B) Industrial shop and school officers
C) Work detail supervisors
D) Yard officers

Question 14

Which rank of custodial staff is responsible for overseeing platoons of officers in specific parts of the prison,such as various cell blocks or work spaces?

A) Captain
B) Lieutenant
C) Officer
D) Sergeant

Question 15

Inmates develop their own language,or

A) Dialect
B) Argot
C) Code
D) Slang

Question 16

Who are the officers who are responsible for staying alert for breaches in prison discipline or regulations in the relatively unstructured environment of the prison yard?

A) Block officers
B) Industrial shop and school officers
C) Tower guards
D) Yard officers

Question 17

____ oversee small groups of inmates as they perform tasks in the cafeteria,the prison store,the laundry,and other areas.

A) Block officers
B) Tower guards
C) Work detail supervisors
D) Yard officers

Question 18

Which pattern of inmate behavior includes following rules and generally doing whatever is necessary to speed up their release so they can continue their chosen careers?

A) Disorganized criminal
B) Doing time
C) Gleaning
D) Jailing

Question 19

____ are primarily administrators who deal directly with the warden on custodial issues.

A) Captains
B) Lieutenants
C) Officers
D) Sergeants

Question 20

The unwritten judicial policy that favors noninterference by the courts in the administration of prisons and jails is

A) The hands-off doctrine
B) The laissez-faire doctrine
C) The graduated sanctions doctrine
D) The penal authority doctrine

Question 21

Jailing is the socialization process through which a new inmate learns the accepted norms and values of the prison population.

Question 22

About 40% of state and federal prisoners suffer from at least one form of illness.

Question 23

This is the conditional release of an inmate before his or her sentence has expired.

A) Mandatory release
B) Pardon
C) Parole
D) Probation

Question 24

Drug and alcohol use within a women's prison can be a function of the anger and depression many inmates experience due to:

A) Being separated from their children
B) Being separated from their husbands
C) A lack of heterogeneous relationships
D) A lack of person freedoms

Question 25

An act of executive clemency that overturns a conviction and erases mention of the crime from the person's criminal record is referred to as:

A) A mandatory release
B) A pardon
C) Parole
D) Probation

Question 26

By definition,a total institution is an institution that provides all of the necessities for existence to those who live within its boundaries.

Question 27

Each year,more than ____________________ persons leave prison and return to the community.

A)200,000
B)300,000
C)700,000
D)1,000,000

Question 28

A/The ____ is expected to help the parolee readjust to life outside the correctional institution by helping her or him find a place to live and a job,and seeing that he or she receives any treatment or rehabilitation that may be necessary.

A) Correctional officer
B) Parole board
C) Parole officer
D) Probation officer

Question 29

Megan's Law requires states to provide communities with relevant information on ____ as a condition of receiving federal anticrime funds.

A) Drug offenders
B) Murderers
C) Property offenders
D) Sexual offenders

Question 30

Under the _____________ model,the authorities directly notify the community of the sex offender's presence.

A) Community
B) Passive
C) Active
D) Registration

Question 31

These attempt to measure the risk of an offender recidivating,and are often used to determine whether early release will be granted and under what conditions.

A) Parole contract
B) Parole guidelines
C) Probation contract
D) Probation guidelines

Question 32

This is a release from prison that occurs when an offender has served the length of his or her sentence,with time taken off for good behavior.

A) Mandatory release
B) Pardon
C) Parole
D) Probation

Question 33

The majority of inmates are under the age of twenty-five.

Question 34

When a parolee breaks the conditions of parole,____ occurs as the process of withdrawing parole and returning the person to prison.

A) parole cancellation
B) parole expiration
C) parole revocation
D) prisoner reentry

Question 35

In a system that uses discretionary parole,the actual release decision is made at a ____.

A) conditional hearing
B) discretionary hearing
C) mandatory hearing
D) parole grant hearing

Question 36

The goal of reentry is to promote ______________________,or continued abstinence from offending.

A) Desistance
B) Recidivism
C) Rehabilitation
D) Resistance

Question 37

What type of violation occurs when a parolee breaks a condition of parole?

A) Condition violation
B) Parole violation
C) Revocation violation
D) Technical violation

Question 38

Violence by inmates is used to establish the prisoner hierarchy by separating the powerful from the weak.

Question 39

Prisoners nearing the end of their sentences are given permission to work at paid employment in the community as part of _____________________.

A) Parole
B) Work release programs
C) Probation
D) Furlough

Question 40

Efforts being made to help inmates make the transition from prison to the "outside" are included under the concept of ____.

A) Parole
B) Pardons
C) Prisoner reentry
D) Prisoner rehabilitation

Question 41

Officers who work the prison yard usually have the least seniority,befitting the assignment's reputation as dangerous and stressful.

Question 42

______________________ is the theory that inmate aggression is caused when freedoms and services that the inmate has come to accept as normal are decreased or eliminated.

Question 43

Female correctional officers are less effective than their male counterparts in maintaining discipline in men's prisons.

Question 44

Many of the procedures and issues in parole supervision are similar to those of probation supervision.

Question 45

Hundreds of prison inmates are killed each year in state prisons.

Question 46

In rare circumstances,the parole board may choose to pardon an inmate.

Question 47

A parole revocation hearing provides the same due process protections as a criminal trial.

Question 48

Situations in which a number of prisoners are beyond institutional control are _________.

Question 49

_____________________ _is the socialization process through which a new inmate learns the accepted norms and values of the prison culture.

Question 50

Websites that provide sex offender registry information are considered a form of passive notification.

Question 51

Inmates have the same guaranteed rights as other Americans.

Question 52

In Greenholtz v.Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex,the Supreme Court ruled that inmates have a constitutionally protected right to expect parole.

Question 53

Mandatory release,also known as "maxing out," occurs when an inmate has served the maximum amount of time on the initial sentence,minus reductions for good-time credits.

Question 54

Prior to the 1970's,the courts applied the "hands-off" doctrine to prisoner law.

Question 55

Organized activities for inmates that are designed to improve their physical and mental health,provide them with skills,or simply keep them busy while incarcerated are _________________.

Question 56

Federal and state laws restrict public housing options for ex-convicts.

Question 57

Relative deprivation is a theory that inmate aggression is the result of the frustration inmates feel at being deprived of freedom,consumer goods,sex,and other staples of life outside the institution.

Question 58

Prison violence is often an outlet for racial tension.

Question 59

In most states the parole board is made up of senior correctional officers who are selected by the warden.

Question 60

Inmates who are working to improve themselves to prepare for a return to society are __________________.

Question 61

In _______________________________ the Supreme Court decided that before a parolee can be deprived of their liberty,they must be afforded a measure of due process at a parole revocation hearing.

Question 62

Discuss the concept of prisonization and how inmates adapt to prison society.

Question 63

Officers who provide security at prison gates,oversee visitation procedures,act as liaisons for civilians,and handle administrative tasks such as the paperwork when an inmate is transferred from another institution are ______________________________.

Question 64

_________________________ is the isolation of an inmate in a separate cell,either as punishment or to remove the inmate from the general prison population for security reasons.

Question 65

A community-based form of early release that places inmates in residential centers and allows them to reintegrate with society is a(n)___________________________.

Question 66

What is a total institution? Discuss how it applies within the prison culture.

Question 67

A concept of parole where the prisoner has no right to be given an early release,but the government has granted him or her that privilege is _______________.

Question 68

A __________________ is a group of inmates who band together within the corrections system to engage in social and criminal activities.

Question 69

_______________________ spend their entire shifts in isolated,silent posts high above the grounds of the facility using walkie-talkies to communicate.

Question 70

A(n)_________________________ is the release of an inmate from prison at the end of his or her sentence without any further correctional supervision.

Question 71

Discuss the age and mental illness trends of inmates who are in prison today and how this affects the administration of prisons.

Question 72

A form of temporary release in which an inmate is allowed to leave the prison for a short amount of time is a(n)__________________________.

Question 73

In _____________________________ the Supreme Court ruled that overcrowding,excessive noise,inadequate heating,and unsanitary bathrooms were not cruel and unusual.

Question 74

An agreement between the state and the offender that establishes the conditions of parole is the _________________.

Question 75

Why might an inmate become violent within prison today,as explored by the text?

Question 76

In the _______________________notification model,information on sex offenders is made open and available for public scrutiny.

Question 77

Laws that require local law authorities to alert the public when a sex offender has been released into the community are _______________________________.

Question 78

List and discuss John Irwin's four categories of inmate behavior.

Question 79

The basic human necessities that correctional facilities are required by the Constitution to provide to inmates are ___________________________.

Question 80

In women's prisons the inmates form ____________________________,where they play specific roles,with the more experienced convicts acting as "mothers" to younger inmates.