Exam 5: Jails and Houses of Correction

Blacks are approximately ___ times more likely than Hispanics and ___ times more likely than whites to be in jail.

Keeping track of inmates visually within the jail often involves using physiological or behavioral characteristics of the inmate; that is known as ________ technology.

Jails are constitutionally mandated to make available:

Four U.S. states currently have full operational responsibility for their jails.

In more than 3,000 counties in the United States, the ______________ runs the jail.

New-generation jails are based on the ____________________model.

Second-generation jails comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act in that they establish a zero-tolerance standard for the incidence of prison rape in U.S. prisons.

A(n)________________ is a facility authorized to hold pretrial detainees and sentenced misdemeanants for periods longer than 48 hours. .

The number of juveniles held in jails has declined primarily because of the _________________, which grants federal money to cities and states that agree not to confine juveniles in jail.

Pennsylvania established the first colonial jail, but the Virginia jails established by reformer John Howard in the 17th century, later became the model for other states.

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a major health care issue currently facing individuals housed in American jails?

Which type of facility is authorized to hold pretrial detainees and sentenced misdemeanants for periods longer than 48 hours?

A new method of tracking inmates by utilizing physiological or behavioral characteristics in a three-step process is known as ____________________ technology.

Management in first-generation jails assumes that they hold violent inmates who express their rage by victimizing each other, assaulting staff members, destroying property, and attempting to escape.

A(n) ___________________jail  is an incarceration facility that has a centrally placed, high-strength, mirrored-glass control center with a panoramic view that provides 100 % surveillance of the entire facility.

The local correctional center had its origins in:

The first colony to institute a jail was _______________.

First-generation jails are designed to provide indirect or podular/remote surveillance.

An arrangement whereby a jurisdiction with an adequate jail is willing to contract with neighboring cities and counties to house prisoners on a per diem basis is known as a__________________________.

From its early beginnings, the contemporary jail has been considered a social institution.