Deck 6: Prisons

Question 1

Which Supreme Court decision determined that private prison corporations are shielded from lawsuits brought under the federal civil rights statute?

A) Richardson v. McKnight
B) Correction Services Corp. v. Malesko
C) Madrid v. CCA
D) Hudson v. Palmer

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A prison with a zonal security system to control inmate movement is a:

A) minimum security prison.
B) maximum security prison.
C) supermax security prison.
D) medium security prison.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Violent offenders make up more than ___percent of all inmates in state prisons.

A) 70
B) 50
C) 80
D) 90

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which Supreme Court decision found that correctional officers employed by a private firm are not entitled to qualified immunity from a suit brought by prisoners charging a section 1983 violation?

A) Richardson v. McKnight
B) Correction Services Corp. v. Malesko
C) Madrid v. CCA
D) Hudson v. Palmer

Question 5

Prisons in the U.S. cost taxpayers _____ annually.

A) $500 million
B) $40 billion
C) $10 billion
D) $ 750 million

Question 6

A major legal issue is whether private corrections officers have less ________ than state employees.

A) authority
B) responsibility
C) immunity
D) income

Question 7

Which private prison company houses the most inmates in the United States?

A) Corrections Corporation of America
B) Emerald Corrections
C) GEO Group Inc.
D) LCS Correctional Services

Question 8

Federal penitentiaries have serious problems with which of the following?

A) sexual exploitation.
B) inmate defiance.
C) drug trafficking.
D) all of these.

Question 9

Maximum security prisons usually have two types of segregation: administrative segregation and ___________ .

A) controlled general population
B) cellblock restriction.
C) isolation
D) limited movement.

Question 10

A major criticism of Federal Prison Industries is:

A) The equipment is not up-to-date.
B) It only employs 10 percent of eligible inmates.
C) It pays less than most state prison industries.
D) It exploits inmates by paying low wages.

Question 11

Staff ____________ offers one of the brightest hopes for internal change in state corrections, and staff development has become a major emphasis of some states' corrections departments.

A) tuition assistance
B) training
C) promotions
D) pay

Question 12

A current movement that believes the purpose of corrections is to punish offenders as severely as possible is:

A) penal harm.
B) prison segregation.
C) retaliation.
D) guaranteed deterrence.

Question 13

Currently, the Federal Bureau of Prison is responsible for roughly ____percent of our nations 1,500,000 prisoners.

A) 18
B) 30
C) 13
D) 3

Question 14

The Federal Bureau of Prisons was established in:

A) 1965.
B) 1940.
C) 1970.
D) 1930.

Question 15

When did supermax prisons begin to emerge throughout the United States?

A) 1970s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s

Question 16

The trade name used by the Federal Prison Industries is __________________:

A) UNICOR.
B) BOP.
C) TASC.
D) GEO.

Question 17

Which type of prison has relaxed perimeter security, sometimes without fences or other means of external security?

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

Question 18

A prison that usually has double fences and watchtowers with armed guards is a:

A) minimum security prison.
B) maximum security prison.
C) medium security prison.
D) supermax security prison.

Question 19

The contract labor and convict lease systems were precursors of:

A) chain gangs.
B) private prisons.
C) prison industries.
D) prison riots.

Question 20

A supermax prison is commonly referred to a a(n):

A) intensive management unit.
B) extended control unit.
C) security housing unit.
D) all of these choices.

Question 21

Who among the correctional administration holds the responsibility of developing new training programs and making changes in job assignments when necessary?

A) warden
B) chief case manager
C) correctional line manager
D) human resources officer

Question 22

An "integrated yard" policy, such as that utilized by Cocorcan State Prison in California, was:

A) bringing together rival groups to fight.
B) allowing all races the use of the yard.
C) a windowless bunker.
D) a place where guards beat prisoners.

Question 23

The rate of incarceration has increased for white women and declined for African American women.

Question 24

State departments of corrections have underdeveloped programming, insufficient prison industries for inmates, and lack of resources for anything other than prison construction.

Question 25

Contemporary prisons provide good jobs for local communities.

Question 26

Some research does exist that inmates released from private prisons who reoffend commit less serious offenses than those released from public institutions.

Question 27

There is only one private corporation managing and operating prisons in the United States.

Question 28

The crime rate has increased and the number of people in prison has declined.

Question 29

In the 19th century, Jeremy Bentham, English prison reformer and utilitarian philosopher, introduced the ________ prison design.

A) tree branch
B) circular
C) courtyard
D) telephone pole

Question 30

Privately operated facilities are generally located in the northeast region of the United States, due in large part to more highly populated urban areas.

Question 31

The Federal Bureau of Prisons accepts hard-to-control inmates from state prisons.

Question 32

Every state, except for Alaska and Hawaii has its own state department of corrections.

Question 33

A good correctional administrator must encompass the establishment of:

A) policy.
B) planning.
C) responses to civil suits.
D) all of these.

Question 34

Which prison design allows for some freedom of movement where prison units are housed in a complex of buildings surrounded by a fence?

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

Question 35

An approach to prison management that is focused on anticipating problems before they occur is a:

A) proactive warden.
B) convict leader.
C) new technology device.
D) prison design.

Question 36

In newer prisons, the _______ design includes small housing units and corridors that surround an open area.

A) dormitory
B) courtyard
C) radial
D) telephone pole

Question 37

Federal prisons have the same problem with overcrowding as state prisons.

Question 38

Maximum security prisons are usually built using the ________ design which allows for more controlled movement.

A) telephone pole
B) radial
C) circular
D) courtyard

Question 39

In comparison to male prisons, female prisons are much larger.

Question 40

Most former prisoners are not likely to recidivate.

Question 41

The provision of quality care and __________________ remains a goal of modern corrections.

Question 42

In a study comparing private prisons with BOP prisons, the private prisons had ____________________ rates of most forms of inmate misconduct.

Question 43

Most maximum security prisons in American were built using the courtyard style design.

Question 44

Inmates usually have less than a year before release when they are moved to minimum security facilities.

Question 45

More than 40 states have either built supermax prisons or added high-security units to existing facilities in order to contain problem prisoners.

Question 46

Prison administrators uniformly agree that supermax prisons have not shown any true long lasting positive impacts on system-wide prison safety, order, and control as intended.

Question 47

It is estimated that U.S. prisons now cost taxpayers roughly $ ____________________billion a year.

Question 48

Federal Prison Industries, or____________________ is the gold standard for inmate vocational programs.

Question 49

____________________is a current movement that believes that the purpose of corrections is to punish offenders as severely as possible.

Question 50

When it comes to race as it pertains to female inmates, the rate of incarceration has increased for _______________ women and declined for _________ women.

Question 51

Proactive wardens hold that an anticipatory and preventive approach is fundamental to maintain institutional control.

Question 52

In medium-security prisons, the emphasis is on controlled access to programs.

Question 53

In the Supreme Court case of ____________________, excessive and unnecessary force and abuse were cited as commonplace in the special housing unit at Pelican Bay in California.

Question 54

The so-called "rackets" are much less developed in women's prisons; drugs, for example, are found much less in frequently women's prisons compared to male prisons.

Question 55

_____________________ is a punishment unit in which inmates are separated from other inmates and are fed in their cells.

Question 56

More than half of all U.S. prisons today are less than 20 years old.

Question 57

The highest level of incarceration is in the ____________________ prison.

Question 58

There are now more inmates in maximum security facilities in American than both minimum and medium-security prison populations combined.

Question 59

In the case of_____________________________, the Supreme Court held that correctional officers employed by a private firm are not entitled to a qualified immunity from suit by prisoners charging a 1983 violation.

Question 60

The largest privately owned and operated prison company in the U.S. is the ______________________.

Question 61

The _____________________ design used for minimum security and a few medium security prisons, utilizes an open design that allows some freedom of movement.

Question 62

Wardens who anticipate and prevent problems before they take place are known as ____________________wardens.

Question 63

Describe minimum, medium, and maximum security prisons.

Question 64

The ___________________________prison design is most widely used for maximum security prisons in the United States.

Question 65

In prisons with a _________________ design, the corridors extend like spokes from a central hub or wheel.

Question 66

Discuss the four architectural designs most widely used in American prisons today.

Question 67

How do private prisons compare with state-run facilities in terms of cost-effectiveness, recidivism, and institutional operations?

Question 68

Discuss some of the reasons why the Federal Bureau of Prisons appear to be more successful in its mission than state-operated prisons.

Question 69

Discuss the legal issues surrounding private corrections and the rulings of Richardson v. McKnight and Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko.

Question 70

What are the advantages and disadvantages of supermax prisons?

Question 71

Describe the functions of contemporary American prisons.

Question 72

Discuss how proactive wardens distinguish themselves from other wardens.

Question 73

Describe the importance of establishing policy and providing adequate planning as a warden.