Exam 5: Jails and Houses of Correction

During the past decade, jail populations saw a steady increase. In the last few years the trend has:

As prisons become more overcrowded, correctional officials use local jails to house inmates when there is no room in state prisons.

Criminologist John Irwin refers to disorderly and disorganized jail inmates as:

Male inmates far outnumber females inmates, though the disparity is narrowing somewhat.

Please discuss three of the most serious issues facing the American jail system today.

African American and Hispanic females are less likely to receive jail sentences than are white female inmates.

What are the three different types of local correctional institutions?

A major problem of jail administration is that sheriffs are politically accountable to county voters, so jails are one of the most political institutions in adult corrections.

The weakness of first-generation designed jails is found in the inability of staff to see more than one or two cells at a time.

Police lockups can hold persons for periods for up to one week.

Jails are not constitutionally mandated to make available adequate health care delivery systems.

The contemporary jail is usually under the authority of the:

The federal law known as the , _______________ Act was created with the purpose of collecting national prison rape statistics, data, and conducting research; disseminating information and procedures for combating prison rape; and assisting in funding state programs.

Direct or podular/direct supervision is a characteristic of a:

List and briefly explain the three alternatives to locally controlled jails.

The number of juveniles held in jails has declined primarily because of the federal law known as the ____________________Act.

In recent years, seven states have enacted legislation that transfer control of local jails to:

One major issue for jail administrators that often involves both inmates and staff, especially in large urban areas, is:

Which type of local correctional facilities are generally found in police stations and are responsible for holding people for less than 48 hour periods?

A fee system was used in the early American colonies in which inmates were required to pay for their own food and services, including wood and coal for heat.