Deck 14: Prison Life

Question 1

Prison argot is:

A)The challenge facing new correctional officers.
B)Prison slang.
C)Another name for drugs used in prison.
D)Another name for homosexuals in prison.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Within a few years following the end of the hands-off doctrine,which of the following intervened in the running of prisons in numerous states?

A)U.S.Attorney General
B)Federal courts
C)Congress
D)U.S.Bureau of Prisons

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Prison staffers are concerned with two main issues:

A)Custody and rehabilitation.
B)Rehabilitation and control.
C)Custody and training.
D)Custody and control.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Career female offenders who have adapted to prison life and generally keep to themselves are known as the:

A)Square.
B)Cool.
C)Life.
D)Homebody.

Question 5

Which one most closely depicts the female offender incarcerated in prison?

A)Mostly white
B)Married with minor children
C)Early to mid-20s
D)Most likely to have been convicted of a drug offense

Question 6

In 2012 a riot broke out in a desperately overcrowded Mexican prison in the town of Apodaca.How many inmates were killed before the riot was brought under control?

A)125
B)54
C)44
D)24

Question 7

In 2013,Anthony Marshall,the son of socialite Brooke Astor,was sent to a New York prison for stealing the family fortune.What was special about Marshall?

A)He was the oldest non-violent criminal sent to prison in New York.
B)He was the oldest violent criminal sent to prison in New York.
C)He was the oldest non-violent criminal to be released back into society in New York.
D)He was the oldest violent criminal to be released back into society in New York.

Question 8

Which refers to the values and behavioral patterns characteristic of prison inmates?

A)Balancing test
B)Prisonization
C)Prison subculture
D)Deliberate indifference

Question 9

One of the leading influences affecting staff cultures of corrections officers is the potential:

A)Lack of promotions.
B)Lack of political support for raises.
C)Lack of challenges in career moves.
D)Threat that inmates pose.

Question 10

The ten years between 1970 and 1980 have been called the ________ of prison riots.

A)"Explosive decade"
B)"Historic era"
C)"Death knell"
D)"Mainstay"

Question 11

The socialization of inmates into the prison subculture is called:

A)Role development.
B)Prisonization.
C)Schooling.
D)Neutralization.

Question 12

Brown v.Plata was a 2011 landmark case from California that dealt with:

A)Racial issues.
B)Gangs in prisons.
C)Overcrowding conditions.
D)Female prisoner rights.

Question 13

Hudson v.Palmer held that:

A)Prisoners had a right to medical treatment.
B)Prisoners had no reasonable expectation of privacy in their cell.
C)Prisoners had rights against unreasonable cavity searches.
D)Prisoners had no reasonable expectation to practice unusual religious beliefs.

Question 14

A wanton disregard by corrections personnel for the well-being of inmates is known as:

A)Deliberate indifference.
B)The hands-off doctrine.
C)Compassion.
D)Deliberate difference.

Question 15

The inmate who thinks of prison as his home is called:

A)The colonizer.
B)The radical.
C)The legalist.
D)The hedonist.

Question 16

Correctional personnel have a role to play in preventing terrorist attacks on America by:

A)Patroling the streets.
B)Inflicting harsh punishments on terrorists.
C)Following reactive procedures.
D)Intelligence-gathering.

Question 17

Which Supreme Court case signals a return to the hands-off doctrine of earlier times?

A)Cruz v.Beto
B)Hudson v.Palmer
C)Estelle v.Gamble
D)Wilson v.Seiter

Question 18

In prison argot,"crack kids" are:

A)Babies born in prison.
B)Streetwise young women with no respect for traditional prison values.
C)Streetwise young women who are drug dealers in prison.
D)Female prison inmates who are children of drug dealers.

Question 19

Civil death refers to:

A)Death row inmates who have exhausted all their appeals in state and federal appellate courts.
B)Any civil suit filed by an inmate.
C)Inmates denied the opportunity to vote,hold public office,or enter into contracts.
D)Prison administrators refusing access to the prison law library.

Question 20

An inmate group,gang,or organization whose members act together to pose a threat to the safety of corrections staff or the public,who prey upon other inmates is called:

A)A security threat group.
B)Prison argots.
C)Prisonization.
D)Deliberate indifference.

Question 21

There is mandatory psychological testing for all new correctional officers prior to hiring in all 50 states.

Question 22

Prison ________ is the values and behavioral patterns characteristic of prison inmates.

Question 23

One suggested cause for prison riots is they provide the opportunity to "cleanse" the prison of informers and rats and to resolve power struggles among ethnic groups within the institution.

Question 24

The ______________ doctrine is a policy of nonintervention with regard to prison management that U.S.courts tended to follow until the late 1960s.For the past 40 years,the doctrine has languished as judicial intervention in prison administration dramatically increased.

Question 25

Today's American prisons are relatively calm,but the 1980s have been called the "explosive decade" of prison riots.

Question 26

A security threat group (STG)is an inmate group,gang,or organization whose members act together to pose a threat to the safety of corrections staff or the public,who prey upon other inmates,or who threaten the secure and orderly operation of a correctional institution.

Question 27

The number of inmates who die from AIDS-related illnesses is much lower than years past.

Question 28

The _____________ test is a principle developed by the courts and applied to the corrections arena by Pell v.Procunier (1974),which attempts to weigh the rights of an individual,as guaranteed by the Constitution,against the authority of states to make laws or to otherwise restrict a person's freedom in order to protect the state's interests and its citizens.

Question 29

Confining offenders over the age of 50 is less expensive than confining inmates under 50 years of age.

Question 30

Gender responsiveness means understanding and taking account of the differences in characteristics and life experiences that women and men bring to the criminal justice system,and adjusting strategies and practices in ways that appropriately respond to those conditions.

Question 31

The number of ______________ and AIDS reported cases has been on a steady decline in states prisons since 2001.

Question 32

A study of prison slang found that aggressive men who assumed the masculine role in homosexual relations were called tigers.

Question 33

Prison staff members are most concerned with custody and control of the inmates within the prison walls.

Question 34

Few women's prisons have programs specifically designed for female offenders.

Question 35

In the court system,the balancing test attempts to weigh the rights of an individual,as guaranteed by the Constitution,against the authority of the states to make laws or otherwise restrict a person's freedom in order to protect the state's interests and its citizens.

Question 36

In a 2013 BJS study it was found that 23% of the inmates surveyed in state and federal prisons reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization.

Question 37

Disciplinary actions by prison authorities may require a formalized hearing process,especially when staff members bring charges of rule violations against inmates that might result in some form of punishment being imposed on them.

Question 38

Prison argot is the slang characteristic of prison subcultures and prison life.

Question 39

According to a 2013 study women accounted for less than 5% of all inmates in state and federal prisons.

Question 40

A(n)________ procedure is a formalized arrangement,usually involving a neutral hearing board,whereby institutionalized individuals have the opportunity to register complaints about the conditions of their confinement.

Question 41

The abbreviation for the legislative effort to restrict inmate filings to worthwhile cases and to reduce the number of suits brought by state prisoners in federal courts is ___________________.

Question 42

The author has raised several major issues facing prisons today.Define and comment on three of those major issues and how they affect prison life,society,and the inmates in the future.Analyze the issues you feel are the most pressing for corrections to face in the future.

Question 43

Prison staffers are most concerned with two main areas in working with inmates on a day-to-day basis: custody and ________________.

Question 44

Square,cool,and __________were terms coined in a study which found that the three terms used by the female prisoners to describe themselves were indicative of three styles of adaptation to prison life.

Question 45

Emerging technologies will soon be central elements of technocorrections.Describe and define technocorrections and discuss the three central elements that it contains.In your opinion,is this a good thing or a bad thing? Explain and support your opinion with facts.

Question 46

The process whereby newly institutionalized offenders come to accept prison lifestyles and criminal values is known as _____________________.

Question 47

__________ indifference is a wanton disregard by corrections personnel for the well-being of inmates that requires both actual knowledge that a harm is occurring and disregard of the risk of harm.

Question 48

Define and explain the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).Why was this act needed? Who benefitted from the passage of this act? Be comprehensive in your response.

Question 49

List and define the four different types of prison lifestyles researchers describe as adaptations to prison life for male inmates.Do you agree with the terminology? Cite reasons for or against these defined lifestyles.

Question 50

Describe the causes of prison riots.Explain what steps corrections administrators can take to eliminate or minimize riots in the future.

Question 51

List and define the three different lifestyles researcher Esther Heffernan found as indicative of lifestyle adaptation in female prisons.