Exam 11: Prisons and Jails

The incentive toprivatize prison is primarily financial. ​

The warden is ultimately responsible for the operation of a prison. ​

The Quakers ' ideals that were integrated intoearly Pennsylvania prison consisted of: ​

____________________are correctional facilities authorized tohold pretrial detainees, offenders whohave committed misdemeanors, or convicted felons awaiting prison bed space in a state-level prison.

The_______________system was used at Auburn State Prison, where inmates worked and ate together during the day, while returning totheir solitary cells at night.

You are a newly appointed warden for a maximum security prison that houses the most violent offenders in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In fact, of the roughly twodozen prisons in the state, your facility houses the most inmates serving life in prison. The warden whopreceded you opted toretire due tothe frustration of logistically separating somany violent groups within prisons walls. For example, your prison houses eighteen different violent prison gangs, many with long violent histories between them. As the newly appointed warden, you know that new programs must be created totry tocombat the violence between inmates and the violence between inmates and officers. What will you do? Please detail a plan of action outlining some new programs, along with your rationale for how and why you are choosing toimplement them.

Summarize the distinction between jails and prisons, and indicate the importance of jails in the American correctional system. ​

Eventually, the penitentiary at Walnut Street succumbed tothe same problems that continue toplague institutions of confinement. What were these problems? ​

Whois responsible for the organization and operation of state corrections systems? ​

The______________________were greatly responsible for the spread of indeterminate sentences, probation, community sanctions, and parole in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States.

A linear designed jail uses direct supervision where one or more jail officers are stationed in the living area of the pod and are in constant interaction with all prisoners in that pod. ​

Which of the following is a correctional facility, usually operated by county government and is used tohold persons either awaiting trial, those whohave been found guilty of misdemeanors, or those convicted of a felony and are awaiting a bed in a state-level prison facility?  ​

Most jails are administered by: ​

The Pennsylvania system used the________system, 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.

There is noparole in the federal prison system. ​

The high cost of imprisonment has caused policymakers toconsider a number of different methods toreduce the number of people in prison. ​

Children of convicts are at a higher risk than their peers for antisocial behavior and mental health problems. ​

Which prison design is composed of a "wagon-wheel"- like structure that was created with the dual goals of separation and control? ​

Individuals whocannot post bail after arrest and are therefore forced tospend the time prior totheir trial incarcerated in jail are referred toas__________________.

What are the benefits of privatizing prisons? What are the potential drawbacks? Lastly, why domost experts anticipate that the private prison industry will continue toexpand in the future? Be sure tofully explain your answer.