Deck 7: Correctional Facilities

Question 1

The deadly prison riot in New York Prison at Attica in 1971 led to what type of prison design?

A) Indirect supervision design
B) Direct supervision design
C) Minimum supervision design
D) Maximum supervision design

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The National Directory of Corrections Construction classified prisons into five general types. Which style has linear cell blocks interconnected around a central enclosed space?

A) Courtyard style
B) Telephone pole style
C) Campus style
D) Cluster style

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The panopticon prison model was created by which correctional philosopher?

A) William Penn
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Cesare Beccaria
D) John Augustus

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which prison system is commonly referred to as a "telephone pole design"?

A) Pennsylvania Prisons
B) The Bastille
C) Auburn/Sing Sing Model
D) Panopticon

Question 5

The National Directory of Corrections Construction classified prisons into five general types. Which style has a number of individual buildings that are not connected?

A) Telephone pole style
B) Spoke wheel style
C) Courtyard style
D) Campus style

Question 6

Which prison system is commonly referred to as a "spoke wheel design"?

A) Pennsylvania Prisons
B) The Bastille
C) Auburn/Sing Sing Model
D) Panopticon

Question 7

Much of the newer prison construction during the past 40-50 years has consisted of this facility design.

A) Minimum-security facility
B) Medium-security facility
C) Maximum-security facility
D) Supermax-security facility

Question 8

__________ in correctional facilities can occur when the design has certain areas of the prison that are obscured from easy view of security staff and/or surveillance equipment.

A) Internal security breaches
B) Danger zones
C) Blind spots
D) Isolation zones

Question 9

Which Supreme Court case established that an inmate must demonstrate that the prison official(s) were deliberately indifferent to "substantial risk of serious harm" to the inmate in order to establish liability under the Eighth Amendment?

A) Curry v. Scott (2001)
B) Farmer v. Brennan (1994)
C) Turner v. Safley (1987)
D) Smith v. Doe (2003)

Question 10

Which is not a reason why the number of inmates with disabilities has continued to grow throughout correctional systems nationwide?

A) Offenders are older when committing offenses that require incarceration.
B) Inmates are aging while incarcerated.
C) The effects of alcohol and drug use on inmates.
D) Inmate injured due to violence in correctional facilities.

Question 11

The mental health issues experienced by inmates housed in supermax custody are similar to those of inmates previously confined in which model of prison operation?

A) Pennsylvania Prisons
B) The Bastille
C) Auburn/Sing Sing Model
D) Panaopticon

Question 12

When prisons were first designed, they were designed as this type of facility.

A) Minimum-security facility
B) Medium-security facility
C) Maximum-security facility
D) Supermax-security facility

Question 13

The first true federal supermax facility was _________.

A) Alcatraz
B) USP Florence
C) USP Marion
D) USP Atlanta

Question 14

Which is not a term for supermax facilities.

A) Marion Model
B) Special Housing Units
C) Maximum-security Facility
D) Extended Confinement Units

Question 15

The area between the inner and outer fences is often referred to as the __________. This area is designed to prevent undetected access to the outer fencing of the prison facility.

A) danger zone
B) isolation zone
C) blind spot
D) inside spot

Question 16

Which is not a component of perimeter security?

A) Lighting
B) Razor wire
C) Alarm systems
D) Touch screen control panels

Question 17

The physical design of a prison has little importance to the facility's operation.

Question 18

This security facility design typically has a single fence that is watched, but not patrolled, by armed guards.

A) Minimum-security facility design
B) Medium-security facility design
C) Maximum-security facility design
D) Supermax-security facility design

Question 19

This security facility design are, in many respects, not even prisons as envisioned by most of the public.

A) Medium-security facility design
B) Maximum-security design
C) Direct supervision design
D) Minimum-security facility design

Question 20

Which early prison most resembled a medieval castle?

A) The Walnut Street Jail
B) Eastern Penitentiary
C) Sing Sing
D) The Bastille

Question 21

Identify and explain eight auxiliary services and facilities and their challenges to institutional security.

Question 22

In regard to inmate identification, new processes continue to be developed to enhance institutional security.

Question 23

Supermax facilities can be freestanding facilities where the entire facility consists of this higher security level or they can be a specified section of the facility that has additional security features that make it a supermax facility.

Question 24

Most early prisons tended to be located in metropolitan areas.

Question 25

Identify and discuss the three different modern security-level facility designs for prisons.

Question 26

Many modern facilities already use camera surveillance to monitor and record inmate visitation rooms as a means of supervising visits and detecting the exchange of drugs or other contraband between inmates.

Question 27

The existence of full-fledged buildings devoted solely to religious services is common in most prisons.

Question 28

The National Directory of Corrections Construction classified prisons into five general types. Identify and describe the five styles.

Question 29

Movement of inmates out of the cell block or pod often requires restraints and security staff escorts.

Question 30

Supermax facilities provide the highest level of prison security.

Question 31

Additional services, such as religion and recreation, eliminate idle inmate hands and minds and also give administrators some leverage in the control of inmate behavior.