Deck 9: Prisons and the Correctional Client

Question 1

According to Clemmer, why would inmates in prison be motivated to engage in deviance?

A) To alleviate the pain associated with imprisonment.
B) Because they were deviant prior to entering prison.
C) To punish their captors and assert their will.
D) To reclaim the loss of their own culture.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

According to Sykes and Messinger (1960), _____ are inmates that either chose to not connect to the inmate subculture or held on to more traditional and legitimate values from the larger culture.

A) Beassts
B) Fishes
C) Lone wolfs
D) Square Johns

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following prison gangs is associated with whites?

A) Neta
B) Aryan Brotherhood
C) Texas Syndicate
D) Black Guerrilla

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following prison gangs is associated with Puerto Rican Americans and Hispanics?

A) Mexican Mafia
B) Neta
C) La Nuestra Familia
D) Texas Syndicate

Question 5

Which of the following statements pertaining to elderly inmates is true?

A) Elderly inmates are more costly to house due to medical care.
B) Elderly inmates are able to do the same type of work as other inmates.
C) Elderly inmates do not require separate housing.
D) Elderly inmates are more likely to have supportive family or friends waiting for them.

Question 6

According to a 2004 survey of state and federal prison inmates, the most prevalent medical problems for prison inmates were

A) vision and hearing loss
B) heart disease and kidney disease
C) arthritis and hypertension
D) cancer

Question 7

The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 ended much of the ______ support for mental health hospital.

A) local
B) state
C) federal
D) tribal

Question 8

In order for a prison to be classified as a decent prison it needs to

A) include more programming.
B) include opportunities for inmates to act autonomously.
C) have better food.
D) higher a diverse staff.

Question 9

According to Maslow (1998), if the _____ need is not fulfilled, it will preoccupy offenders and motivate them to engage in behaviors that they normally might avoid.

A) food
B) water
C) social
D) security

Question 10

Which of the following are considered to be prosocial activities?

A) work
B) treatment programs
C) school
D) all of these

Question 11

A person that can investigate serious complaints by staff or inmates and work to resolve them is referred to as a

A) supervisor
B) warden
C) ombudsman
D) officer

Question 12

Promoting those up the career ladder who model values for the institution is a component of which of the following strategies to reduce violence?

A) professional subculture
B) personnel
C) supervise
D) classification

Question 13

Carole currently resides in a prison where inmates are provided with far more programming both inside and outside. She can roam the facility more freely and her visiting options are more liberalized. She is most likely held in a

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

Question 14

Women and children are classified in separate facilities from adult males.

Question 15

United States' combined incarceration rate for jails and prisons remains the highest in the Western world at 670 per 100,000 U.S. residents as of 2016.

Question 16

Incarceration in a supermax is expensive at about US$60,000 per year, as compared to US$15,000 to US$70,000 to incarcerate an adult male in lower security prison.

Question 17

The history of prison gangs is very new to correctional facilities and agencies.

Question 18

Data indicates that 15% of prison inmates experienced sexual assaults in a given year.

Question 19

An inmate finding a niche is not ideal for them to begin to learn to maturely cope.

Question 20

Explain why supermax prisons were originally created.

Question 21

In what way do maximum security prisons differ from supermax prisons?

Question 22

Name each of the pains of imprisonment.

Question 23

What is the true number of gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex inmates in corrections?

Question 24

How does the U.S. Department of Justice define a gang in prisons or jails?

Question 25

Define mature coping.

Question 26

The text states that "as America ages and mandatory sentences and other such laws lengthen sentences, correctional populations are graying." What are the four collateral consequences that derive from that fact?

Question 27

What is the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill?

Question 28

What is classification? How are prisons classified? In your discussion, make sure you mention what types of inmates are held in the different classifications of prisons.

Question 29

Discuss each of the pains of imprisonment as conceived by Sykes. What influences the degree to which they are experienced by prisoners?

Question 30

Discuss in detail Goffman's idea of a total institution. How do these aspects affect the lives of inmates?

Question 31

Explain what rioting is and why it present problems for correctional facilities. Include in your answer any information about violence.

Question 32

Explain and discuss mature coping. What does Johnson argue? What does he mean when he says that inmates must find a niche?