Deck 10: Incarceration

Question 1

Mental illness is prevalent in prison.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The number of people in America's prisons has remained relatively unchanged over the past decade.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Eastern State Penitentiary followed the concept of a radial design to house incarcerated people.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The American Correctional Association determines all prison classification in this country.

Question 5

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Question 6

Long-term prison residents are recognized as those who suffer from .

A) physical stress
B) emotional stress
C) medical problems
D) disciplinary actions

Question 7

America's oldest prison was built in 1798, in .

A) Attica, New York.
B) Trenton, New Jersey.
C) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
D) Boston, Massachusetts.

Question 8

The 1960s and 1970s reflected the dominance of the rehabilitative model toward prison residents.

Question 9

The reintegration model is linked to the structures and goals of community corrections.

Question 10

The civil rights movement had no effect on incarcerated people.

Question 11

The prison design most often used for female and juvenile prison residents is .

A) radial design
B) telephone pole design
C) campus style
D) courtyard style

Question 12

There are fewer people in federal prisons for violent offenses than in most state prisons.

Question 13

Individuals over the age of 55 make up nearly 10 percent of the prison population.

Question 14

Forty-eight of the 50 states currently operate prisons.

Question 15

A cardinal principle for architects who design prisons is that function must follow form.

Question 16

Most U.S. prisons emphasize the custodial model of incarceration.

Question 17

Many states have removed educational and recreational amenities from their institutions.

Question 18

Ninety-three percent of the adult prison population is .

A) African American
B) Latino
C) male
D) white

Question 19

The amount of people currently incarcerated has declined over the past decade.

Question 20

The rehabilitation model, developed during the 1950s, emphasized treatment programs designed to reform convicted individuals.

Question 21

Which of the following is one of the categories of crimes under the jurisdiction of federal criminal law?

A) Murder
B) Larceny
C) Drug possession
D) Crimes involving interstate commerce

Question 22

Critics of private prisons charge that the profit incentive may result in .

A) abuses
B) poor services
C) unjust imprisonments
D) breaches of contract

Question 23

The Federal Bureau of Prisons was created within .

A) the Department of the Interior
B) the Department of Justice
C) the National Institute of Justice
D) the Department of Homeland Security

Question 24

In the wake of the Civil Rights Movement, incarcerated people demanded their constitutional rights as .

A) prison residents
B) citizens
C) human beings
D) people

Question 25

The model was dominant in the 1960s and early 1970s.

A) retribution
B) incapacitation
C) rehabilitation
D) reintegration

Question 26

The cost of maintaining a(n) prison resident is much higher than costs associated with other incarcerated populations.

A) elderly
B) minority
C) female
D) male

Question 27

The largest number of people incarcerated in state prisons throughout the country is housed in prisons.

A) maximum-security
B) medium-security
C) minimum-security
D) supermax

Question 28

A majority of imprisoned veterans are incarcerated for offenses.

A) drug
B) property
C) violent
D) nonviolent

Question 29

With the correctional focus shifting to crime control, some believe that the convicted people have had it too soft, resulting in .

A) the institution of strict regimes in prisons
B) the removal of educational and recreational amenities from prisons
C) an increase in the number of people in prison
D) All of these are correct

Question 30

Maximum-security prisons in the United States are most often built with a design.

A) radial
B) campus
C) courtyard
D) telephone-pole

Question 31

Mass closings of public hospitals for people with mental illnesses began in the .

A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1990s

Question 32

At present, the focus of corrections has shifted to .

A) crime control
B) rehabilitation
C) treatment
D) restitution

Question 33

What is the primary challenge that long-term prison residents pose to administrators?

A) Disciplinary problems
B) The cost of housing them
C) Making their lives bearable
D) Keeping them separate from the rest of the prison resident population

Question 34

Responsibility of housing federal pretrial detainees belongs to .

A) the FBI
B) the Secret Service
C) the Marshals Service
D) None of these is correct

Question 35

Today's prison construction is greatly influenced by .

A) legislation
B) residents' needs
C) cost
D) politics

Question 36

According to sociologists, the "big house" image of the American prison has .

A) ceased to be a realistic portrayal of the contemporary prison
B) provided us with a deeper understanding of the modern prison
C) spawned a great deal of humanitarian reform in the eyes of the public
D) created interest in the operations of the modern prison among the general public

Question 37

Most prisons today employ a model.

A) rehabilitative
B) reintegration
C) retributive
D) custodial

Question 38

Prisons designed to hold the "toughest of the tough" are called .

A) maximum-security prisons
B) solitary confinement
C) custodial confinement
D) supermax prisons

Question 39

Some prisons are operated under the direction of .

A) the federal government
B) sheriffs
C) police departments
D) local government

Question 40

A philosophical question about private prisons concerns whether .

A) they can fulfill their functions effectively
B) the public will continue to support their use
C) prison administration should be reserved for the government
D) they save the government enough money to be worthwhile

Question 41

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Campus style

Question 42

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Minimum security

Question 43

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Rehabilitation model

Question 44

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Maximum security

Question 45

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Telephone-pole design

Question 46

The major prison expense that is due to the elderly population is .

Question 47

The biggest increase in the prison population has been of people.

Question 48

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
A prison designed and organized to permit prison residents and visitors as much freedom as is consistent with the concept of incarceration is a(n) prison.

Question 49

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Reintegration model

Question 50

State prisons for men are usually classified according to the level of deemed necessary.

A) mental health
B) security
C) hospital care
D) retribution

Question 51

Private enterprise has played a role in American corrections.

A) never
B) always
C) long
D) only recently

Question 52

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major models of incarceration that have dominated since the 1940s?

A) Custodial
B) Medical
C) Transitional
D) Reintegration

Question 53

Most prisons are located in areas.

A) rural
B) suburban
C) major urban
D) smaller urban

Question 54

Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic models that account the design of most U.S. prisons?

A) Campus style
B) Telephone-pole
C) Military style
D) Radial

Question 55

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Radial design

Question 56

Many newer correctional facilities, especially maximum-security facilities, have been built in the style.

A) radial
B) campus
C) military
D) courtyard

Question 57

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Courtyard style

Question 58

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Prison residents and visitors have a great deal of freedom
b. Newer with functional units located in the entry
c. Central corridor for movement of incarcerated people
d. Treatment programs designed to reform incarcerated people
e. Restrictions on prison residents/visitors are less strict than maximum security
f. Often used for juveniles and women
g. Emphasizes family and community ties as a method of reform
h. Strict limitations on freedom of prison residents/visitors
i. A control center from which to monitor movement
j. Emphasizes security, discipline, and order
Custodial model

Question 59

A(n) prison is designed and organized to minimize the possibility of escapes and violence, thereby imposing strict limitations on the freedom of both prison residents and visitors.

Question 60

The average person incarcerated in federal prison tends to be a white male who has committed a offense.

A) violent
B) drug
C) property
D) white-collar

Question 61

The incarceration rate of people who have a is considerably higher than that of the general population.

Question 62

The Act of 1984 established determinate sentencing, reduced good time, and abolished parole, all of which substantially increased the average length of imprisonment.

Question 63

Describe the different basic prison designs, in terms of the application of the architectural concept of "form follows function."

Question 64

Which model of corrections do you believe is most effective? Which do you believe is least effective? Be sure to fully explain your answers.

Question 65

Most U.S. prisons today utilize the model of incarceration, which focuses primarily on security and discipline.

Question 66

Explain how demographic changes in the prison population over the years have affected corrections in terms of budgets, management, correctional work, and the prison environment.

Question 67

How has the prison population changed over the last 30 years? Describe the major changes and how or why they came about.

Question 68

To care for dying people in prison, a number of states have created facilities that provide care.

Question 69

List and describe the three most common models of corrections used in the United States.

Question 70

Prison design follows the cardinal principle of architecture, which is that .

Question 71

How do you think the differences between private and government-run prisons affect prison residents? Prison employees?

Question 72

Describe the differences between government-run prisons and private prisons.

Question 73

The explosion of the prison population in the 1980s was caused in part by the initiation of the war on .

Question 74

The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Prison , which employs incarcerated individuals in factories to teach them job skills.

Question 75

The branch of each state government is responsible for administering its prison system.

Question 76

Early penitentiaries were designed to accommodate contemplation, industry, and isolation, toward the goal of______________.

Question 77

The model of incarceration emphasizes the maintenance of the convict's ties to family and the community as a method of reform.

Question 78

A(n) prison is designed to prevent escapes and violence but in a less rigid atmosphere.

Question 79

The model of incarceration emphasizes the provision of treatment programs designed to reform the convicted person.

Question 80

Describe at least three types of prison design and discuss issues associated with each model.