Deck 13: Custody Within a Prison

Question 1

Which of the following is the time when inmates move to their assigned jobs or programs assignments?

A) controlled movement
B) work call
C) inmate movement
D) inmate accountability

Answer 1

work call

Question 2

Which of the following contributes to the security and custody functions within a prison?

A) free and unrestricted inmate movement
B) allowing contraband within the prison
C) an inmate disciplinary system
D) inconsistent implementation of policies

Answer 2

an inmate disciplinary system

Question 3

Which is a key component of inmate accountability policies and procedures?

A) There is exactly one count per day of inmates.
B) Staff provide only direct inmate supervision.
C) Most inmates are assigned to unsupervised work.
D) Inmates are assigned to work and programs on a daily basis.

Answer 3

Inmates are assigned to work and programs on a daily basis.

Question 4

What is the style of supervision by staff who are NOT responsible for inmates, but can still see their movements or activities?

A) direct
B) formal
C) casual
D) stand-up

Question 5

What is the scheduled counting of inmates in their housing units to ensure that they are in the prison and have not escaped?

A) stand-up count
B) random count
C) census count
D) regular count

Question 6

Which of the following is a less formal count conducted at program and work assignments by the staff responsible for supervising inmates?

A) census count
B) stand-up count
C) random count
D) regular count

Question 7

Which of the following is done at any time, freezing inmates at whatever location they are in?

A) census count
B) stand-up count
C) random count
D) regular count

Question 8

Which of the following is TRUE regarding inmate movements within a prison?

A) With the pass system, inmates are scheduled for their appointments at least a day in advance.
B) Controlled movement contributes to inmate accountability in that it limits the time in which inmates have freedom to move or walk around the prison.
C) The most common form of controlled movement is to issue passes to inmates to go to work, a program, or a scheduled appointment.
D) Inmates move individually in a prison, with at least one staff person walking with them from one point to another.

Question 9

Which is a preventive action that prison administrators can take to reduce inmate unrest?

A) maintaining secrecy between inmates and staff, and among staff
B) performing security audits to discover security deficiencies
C) ignoring changes in inmate actions or the institution atmosphere
D) inconsistently enforcing rules and regulations

Question 10

Which of the following teams has the principal role of opening lines of communication between staff and hostage-takers?

A) SWAT team
B) hostage negotiation team
C) disturbance control team
D) special emergency response team

Question 11

Which of the following emergency teams is trained in the use of lethal force when all else fails to resolve an emergency situation?

A) hostage negotiation team
B) disturbance control team
C) special emergency response team
D) riot team

Question 12

Which of the following is an emergency response team?

A) hostage negotiation team
B) riot control team
C) special weapons and tactics team
D) special housing team

Question 13

Which of the following is a light-colored background with the outline of the tool painted on it, allowing for a missing tool or knife to be quickly noticed?

A) call out
B) dark wall
C) contraband
D) shadow board

Question 14

Which of the following counts is the most formal count of the day and occurs at 4:00 PM every day?

A) random
B) regular
C) stand-up
D) census

Question 15

Which of the following is an item that inmates are NOT allowed to possess, including items that can assist in an escape, are dangerous, can undermine prison physical security, or are nuisance items?

A) call out
B) trunk
C) shadow board
D) contraband

Question 16

Which of the following is a schedule of all the appointments and required moves for a day, including the name and expected times of the moves?

A) call out
B) pass system
C) controlled movement
D) work call

Question 17

Which of the following refers to the activities within a prison that control inmate behavior and maintain order?

A) precipitating events
B) custody
C) treatment
D) rehabilitation

Question 18

Which of the following refers to a nonpunitive confinement in a special housing unit used to house inmates whose continued presence in the general population may pose a serious threat to the security or orderly running of the prison?

A) disturbance control
B) solitary confinement
C) disciplinary segregation
D) administrative detention

Question 19

Prisons use special housing units to perform which of the following activities?

A) to separate unruly inmates or inmates at risk
B) to house spouses who come for conjugal visits
C) to create special zones for members of specific prison gangs
D) to separate women and juveniles from the general prison population

Question 20

Which of the following refers to the staff's ability to locate and identify inmates at any point in time within a prison?

A) inmate disciplinary system
B) inmate classification system
C) inmate movement
D) inmate accountability

Question 21

Inmates are in their cells most of the day and are rarely allowed to move across the prison compound.

Question 22

Prison staff are trained to monitor inmates only intermittently so as not to interfere with their privacy.

Question 23

American Correctional Association standards require a minimum of five scheduled counts per twenty-four-hour period.

Question 24

Prison staff do not waste a lot of time searching areas of the prison or shaking down inmates to find contraband and deter its possession.

Question 25

Inmates who need a separation of longer than 12 months from a prison's inmate population are either transferred to another prison or placed in a supermax facility.

Question 26

The most feared event at a prison is an inmate riot or disturbance.

Question 27

Investigations of inmate riots and disturbances have discovered that most are not planned or precisely initiated by inmate leaders.

Question 28

The task of controlling behavior and maintaining order envisions a picture of total and absolute control by correctional officers and an environment in which inmate rights and individual characteristics must be secondary to security.

Question 29

Prison work and program assignments are an important part of the normal routine of the prison day.

Question 30

A pass system schedules all the appointments and required moves for a day, including the name and expected times of the moves.

Question 31

A special emergency response team is trained in the use of lethal force when all else fails to resolve an emergency situation.

Question 32

A safe prison is one in which staff and inmates are relatively safe from assaults or other violent acts.

Question 33

Disciplinary segregation is a nonpunitive confinement in SHU used to house inmates whose continued presence in the general population may pose a serious threat to the security or orderly running of the prison.

Question 34

Correctional officers assigned to housing units have post order requirements to search a certain number of cells every day, and teams of staff may be assigned to an area for a complete search.

Question 35

A precipitating event is often thought of as the "spark in the haystack" that sets off an inmate riot.

Question 36

Contraband is defined as the list of items that prison inmates are legally allowed to possess.

Question 37

The staff's ability to locate and identify inmates at any time within a prison is inmate ________.

Question 38

________ movement is the procedure that prisons use to maintain accountability for inmates as they move throughout the prison.

Question 39

The ________ out is a schedule of all the appointments and required moves for a day, including the inmate name and expected times of the moves.

Question 40

The ________ system is a form of inmate movement in which an inmate is issued a pass by the work or program supervisor to go to a scheduled appointment.

Question 41

The time when inmates are required to move to their jobs or program assignments is the work ________.

Question 42

________ is any item than inmates are not allowed to possess.

Question 43

A(n) ________ board allows staff to quickly notice a missing tool or item.

Question 44

The ________ housing unit is a temporary housing assignment for inmates who present a danger to prison security or need protection from other inmates.

Question 45

________ detention is used to house inmates whose continued presence in the general population may pose a serious threat to the security or orderly running of the prison.

Question 46

________ segregation is a punitive housing assignment after a finding of guilt for a serious prison rule violation.

Question 47

Underlying factors that create tension and unrest among inmates are ________ factors.

Question 48

The "spark in the haystack" that sets off an inmate riot is a(n) ________ event.

Question 49

The ________ negotiation team is a team of eight to ten prison employees, with excellent communication skills and ability to perform under stress.

Question 50

An emergency team with the primary mission of controlling inmates during riot situations is the ________ control team.

Question 51

The ________ emergency response team is an emergency team trained in the use of lethal force when all else fails to resolve an emergency situation.

Question 52

Match the inmate count type with the description appropriate .

-Stand up count

A) Performed at any place, at any time
B) Performed during work assignments
C) Performed at the cell door

Question 53

Match the inmate count type with the description appropriate .

-Census count

A) Performed at any place, at any time
B) Performed during work assignments
C) Performed at the cell door

Question 54

Match the inmate count type with the description appropriate .

-Random count

A) Performed at any place, at any time
B) Performed during work assignments
C) Performed at the cell door

Question 55

Name and explain at least two measures of security and custody used in a prison system.

Question 56

Discuss the types of emergency response teams used in a prison.

Question 57

Explain how inmate work assignments are beneficial for prison security.

Question 58

Discuss how prison officials can decrease the likelihood of riots occurring.