Exam 6: Institutional Corrections

Prisons that look like college campuses, ranches, farms, or work camps provide which level of inmate security?

Institutional safety and security are the primary responsibilities of:

Most prisoners in the United States are housed in minimum security prisons.

From 1978 to 2016 the rate of imprisonment for women in the U.S. fell substantially.

Administrative segregation facilities are often called:

Discuss the concept of inmate classification. What are we trying to achieve for the individual and the institution by the classification process?

Sexual minorities present unique security problems within prisons.

Correctional officers and treatment personnel typically hold the same orientations toward inmates.

UNICOR is the ________ program for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

In 2017 roughly how many inmates were housed in state and federal prisons in the U.S.?

The federal parole system is known as UNICOR.

Over half of the inmates in prison in the United States have been convicted of a:

CoreCivic and GEO Group are examples of:

Approximately how many state and federal prisons are there in the United States?

The safety and security of a prison are the primary responsibilities of the correctional officers.

Discuss the trends in imprisonment in the United States based on gender. What seems to be happening and why?

When we talk about the "bricks and mortar" element of corrections we are referring to:

What do we call the system that lets prison authorities place inmates into the proper security levels and treatment programs?

The states of California and Texas house nearly as many prisoners as the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

Successful prison treatment programs often rest on ________ being established between treatment providers and inmates.