Exam 11: Prison and Jails

The majority of offenders housed in tribal facilities are ______.

2. Which of the following was identified as a characteristic of early jails?

The Eighth Amendment that has issued some of the more sweeping reforms to the prison environment.One of the most significant decisions occurred in the case of ______ , which held that institutions may NOT engage in the deliberate indifference of the serious medical needs of inmates.

Dynamic risk factors are characteristics or situations involving the offender than cannot change.

A ______ is a facility that is designed to house individuals for a period of time as a form of punishment for breaking the law.

Gang members, sex offenders, and those who have a history of mental health issues have higher rates of violence behind bars.

Many minimum-level facilities have limited or no fencing around the perimeter of the institution.

Are private prisons a good idea? Defend your answer.

The failures of the reformatory era sent the pendulum swinging back to a focus on punishment over rehabilitation.

This reformatory era saw the introduction of ______ as an early release program to reward inmate's rehabilitative efforts.

The Pennsylvania System was a silent system where inmates engaged in congregate labor.

______ first opened in 1776 and was designed to serve as a workhouse.

In addition to jails that are run by local authorities, there are ______ jails that are operated by Tribal authorities and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.These facilities house individuals who are arrested or sentenced for crimes that occur on tribal land.

The majority of the inmates in federal prisons are ______.

For young inmates, black males had the greatest disparity of incarceration as they were 10 times more likely to be in prison compared to similarly aged white men.

Racial disproportionality occurs when inmates of color are overrepresented in the prison population, compared to their representation in society in general.

______ first opened in 1831 with 800 cells.Over time, more units were added to increase the number of inmates that could be housed.The days were filled with corporal punishment and abuse of the prisoners in the name of "rehabilitation."

______ was a significant component of the rehabilitative efforts in the Pennsylvania system.

The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act of 2014 changed which of the following nonviolent offences from felony crimes to misdemeanors?

The average length of stay for an individual house in a tribal jail was ______ days.