Deck 10: Private Prisons and the Law: Jared Eilison Emily Wright

Question 1

Private influence in American corrections began when

A) The crime control era necessitated private control of correctional institutions.
B) States began convict leasing.
C) Private companies contracted with publically controlled institutions to manufacture goods for public consumption.
D) Correctional populations expanded past the capacity of public funds.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Approximately _____ of the 1.6 million people incarcerated in prison are held in privately operated institutions.

A) 2%.
B) 50%.
C) 15%.
D) 8%.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The rule of law is threatened by private prison operation because

A) Private prisons allow for the expansion of people under correctional control.
B) There is a clear boundary between the state and private enterprise.
C) There is an effectual joining of state authorities and private enterprise.
D) Both a and c.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

All of the following are justifications for state inflicted punishment, except

A) Instrumental.
B) Jurisdictional.
C) Normative precondition.
D) State centered.

Question 5

Qualified immunity can ___________ be applied to private correctional employees operating under state contract.

A) Never.
B) Occasionally; it depends on the correctional officer's duty.
C) Always; private correctional officers are essentially similar to public officers.
D) Occasionally; it depends on the Constitutional right alleged to be violated.

Question 6

Contract rescission is an insufficient safeguard to violations of contracts because

A) Politicians will make contract decisions based on their own connections to big business and potential contributions to future campaign funding.
B) An inadequate number of firms have the necessary experience and resources to make a bid.
C) States face considerable litigation costs for canceling the contract and high start-up costs once state control has resumed.
D) All of the above.

Question 7

Two private correctional corporations, Corrections Corporation of America and Wakenhut, control nearly _____ of the market share in private corrections.

A) 25%.
B) 45%.
C) 75%.
D) 90%.

Question 8

In ___________________, the Supreme Court held that private prison employees could not benefit from qualified immunity protections.

A) Minneci v. Pollard (2012).
B) Richardson v. McKnight (1997).
C) Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko (2001).
D) Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents (1971).

Question 9

Private prisons operate at a cost below that of their state counterparts by maintaining

A) Lower educational requirements.
B) Lower wages.
C) Less intensive training.
D) All of the above.

Question 10

"Entrenchment" occurs when

A) States do not maintain the ability to resume control of facilities that have been contracted out.
B) Private correctional officers become complacent because of qualified immunity protections.
C) State monitors of private facilities do not maintain effective oversight.
D) Wardens of private prisons become reliant on state assistance.