Exam 6: Prisons

The crime rate has increased and the number of people in prison has declined.

An "integrated yard" policy, such as that utilized by Cocorcan State Prison in California, was:

A major legal issue is whether private corrections officers have less ________ than state employees.

In the Supreme Court case of ____________________, excessive and unnecessary force and abuse were cited as commonplace in the special housing unit at Pelican Bay in California.

Prisons in the U.S. cost taxpayers _____ annually.

Which type of prison has relaxed perimeter security, sometimes without fences or other means of external security?

The rate of incarceration has increased for white women and declined for African American women.

A major criticism of Federal Prison Industries is:

There are now more inmates in maximum security facilities in American than both minimum and medium-security prison populations combined.

Which Supreme Court decision found that correctional officers employed by a private firm are not entitled to qualified immunity from a suit brought by prisoners charging a section 1983 violation?

There is only one private corporation managing and operating prisons in the United States.

In a study comparing private prisons with BOP prisons, the private prisons had ____________________ rates of most forms of inmate misconduct.

Which Supreme Court decision determined that private prison corporations are shielded from lawsuits brought under the federal civil rights statute?

The so-called "rackets" are much less developed in women's prisons; drugs, for example, are found much less in frequently women's prisons compared to male prisons.

The _____________________ design used for minimum security and a few medium security prisons, utilizes an open design that allows some freedom of movement.

A prison that usually has double fences and watchtowers with armed guards is a:

Most former prisoners are not likely to recidivate.

In newer prisons, the _______ design includes small housing units and corridors that surround an open area.

More than half of all U.S. prisons today are less than 20 years old.

_____________________ is a punishment unit in which inmates are separated from other inmates and are fed in their cells.