Exam 11: Prisons and Jails

The number of Americans in prison or jail has _____________________ since 1985.

In what state was the first penitentiary opened?

The ____ held that institutions should offer a variety of programs and therapies to cure inmates of their "ills," whatever their root causes.

The incentive to privatize is primarily financial.

Which level of prisons is relatively rare and extremely controversial due to its overly harsh methods of punishing and controlling the most dangerous prisoners?

The ____ prison is defined as a correctional facility reserved for those inmates who have extensive records of misconduct in maximum-security prisons; it is characterized by extremely strict control and supervision over the inmates, including extensive use of solitary confinement.

Which type of facility is responsible for receiving individuals pending arraignment and holding them while awaiting trial?

The main difference between police and prison organizations is that police departments have a chain of command that is sometimes lacking in prison organizations.

Children of convicts are more likely to become involved in delinquent behavior.

The main feature of the ____________________ design is a long central corridor that serves as a means for transporting inmates from one part of the facility to another.

The number of women incarcerated in prisons has begun to slowly decline.

The incentive to privatize is primarily to:

The Walnut Street Jail failed because inmates succumbed to illness, insanity, and suicide.

Besides the enhancement and stricter enforcement of the nation's drug laws, what other reasons are recognized for growth in the incarcerated population? Identify and briefly discuss each.

Supermax prisons operate in a state of perpetual __________________, in which all inmates are confined to their cells.

The Pennsylvania System used the ____, which was a nineteenth-century penitentiary in which inmates were kept apart from one another at all times, with daily activities taking place in individual cells.

The typical jail term is approximately_____________________.

The overwhelming number of jails is administered by:

Which of the following is not one of the reasons cited for the growth in incarcerated populations?

Of the nearly 3,370 jails in the United States, more than 2,700 are operated on a county level by an elected sheriff.