Exam 12: Behind Bars: the Life of an Inmate

These officers spend their entire shifts in isolated, silent posts high above the grounds of the facility using walkie-talkies to communicate.

Officers who work the prison yard usually have the least seniority, befitting the assignment's reputation as dangerous and stressful.

Which of the following statements regarding today's prison population is accurate?

These officers perform maintenance and security functions in workshop and educational programs.

In Greenholtz v.Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, the Supreme Court ruled that inmates have a constitutionally protected right to expect parole.

What 1974 case also signaled to civil rights lawyers that the Court would no longer follow the "hands-off" doctrine?

Violence by inmates is used to establish the prisoner hierarchy by separating the powerful from the weak.

Mandatory release, also known as "maxing out," occurs when an inmate has served the maximum amount of time on the initial sentence, minus reductions for good-time credits.

A form of temporary release in which an inmate is allowed to leave the prison for a short amount of time is a(n) __________________________.

An act of executive clemency that overturns a conviction and erases mention of the crime from the person's criminal record is referred to as: