Question 1

Correctional facilities that do permit in-cell television and electric equipment usually do not pay for them.The inmate pays for those privileges.

Accepted Answer

In many correctional facilities, inmates are responsible for purchasing personal items like televisions and electronic equipment through commissary accounts, rather than the facility providing them for free.

Question 2

The longest prison riot in U.S.history occurred at the _____ in Lucasville where inmates killed nine of their fellow inmates during an 11-day siege.

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Question 3

Correctional institutions that take away prisoner's amenities and privileges are known as no-frills prisons.

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No-frills prisons are designed to be more austere, removing amenities and privileges to focus on punishment and deterrence.

Question 4

Jails as well as prisons face inmate disruptions from gangs that negatively impact the safety of prison operations known as _____.

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Question 5

_____ is the prison gang founded in 1966 at San Quentin Prison and is considered the most politically oriented of the major state prison gangs;its racial makeup is black.

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Question 6

For any organization,the accreditation process ensures assessment of strengths and not weaknesses.

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The accreditation process assesses both strengths and weaknesses to ensure compliance with standards and identify areas for improvement.

Question 7

The research is clear that if inmates have privileges like televisions,magazines,weight rooms and recreational facilities they are more likely to recidivate.

Accepted Answer

Research does not conclusively show that privileges like televisions and recreational facilities increase recidivism; in fact, such privileges can aid rehabilitation and reduce recidivism by improving inmates' mental health and social skills.

Question 8

The _____ Commission recommended that the only effective way to prevent riots was to eliminate sources of tension.

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Question 9

The riot at the _____,New York,resulted in 43 people being killed including 10 civilian hostages and 33 prisoners.It was known as the bloodiest one-day encounter between Americans since the Civil War.

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Question 10

Most local jails have been awarded ACA accreditation.

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Most local jails have not been awarded ACA (American Correctional Association) accreditation, as it is a voluntary process and not all facilities choose to pursue it.

Question 11

A person appointed by the court to act as its representative to oversee and remedy a violation and provide regular progress reports back to the court is called an ombudsman.

Accepted Answer

An ombudsman is an independent official appointed to investigate complaints against maladministration or violations of rights, not specifically to oversee court orders. The role described is more akin to a court-appointed monitor or special master.

Question 12

Prisons were once known as "the big house".Today,with the constant increase in prison population,they should be called _____.

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Question 13

Jurisdictions have begun to depart from the prevailing approach of case-by-case decision making known as _____.

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Question 14

The sole purpose of Alcatraz was to incarcerate and punish the federal prison system's most desperate criminals and worst troublemakers.

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Alcatraz was designed to be a maximum-security prison for the most dangerous and incorrigible criminals in the federal prison system.

Question 15

The first U.S.prison constructed and operated by a private organization was San Quentin in the 1850s.

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San Quentin was the first U.S. prison constructed and operated by a private organization, the California State Prison Commission, in the 1850s.

Question 16

_____ is the prison gang formed in the late 1950s in California's youth facility at Duel;its racial makeup is Mexican American/Hispanic.

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Question 17

Eliminating present overcrowding in prisons would require building _____ new prisons.

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Question 18

An approach to sentencing that emphasizes interchangeability of punishments is called _____.

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Question 19

In the riot at the _____,thirty-three inmates were tortured,dismembered,decapitated,burned alive,and killed by fellow inmates.

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Question 20

_____ is the prison gang founded in 1970 in Rio Piedras Prison,Puerto Rico;its racial makeup is Puerto Rican American/Hispanic.

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