Exam 6: Facility Design and Classification in Jails and Prisons

The most common method of serving food to inmates is through a small, closed, cell-style room.

The typical ______ cell was around 25 sq. ft., measuring about 3.5 ft. wide by 7 ft. long.

Which type of prison design does Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois still use today?

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section (2010), the ADA requires correctional agencies to make reasonable modifications in their policies, practices, and procedures necessary to ensure accessibility for individuals with disabilities, unless making such modifications would fundamentally alter the program or service involved.

How does appropriate classification relate to treatment?

What facilities provide the highest level of security?

When establishing alarm systems for perimeter security, camera video systems should be placed inside the inner fence and positioned to allow for viewing of the source object that triggers a given alarm.

State and local government entities should conduct a self-evaluation to review their current services, policies, and practices in prisons for compliance with the ADA.

What is the most common method of serving food to inmates through?

Which city now uses tracking technology via the use of radio-linked wristbands?

The level of security provided for a particular inmate refers to the type of physical barriers utilized to prevent that inmate's escape and is related to public safety concerns.

More than ______ of all state inmates and more than 73% of all federal inmates reported past drug use, with most of that past drug use occurring during the year prior to their offense.

An internal security plan is a collection of components or elements that, when assembled in a carefully formulated plan, achieve the objective of confinement with a high degree of confidence.

Effective security and custody placement can reduce all of the following except ______.

Which decade saw the emergence of the term security threat groups, which referred to the various gangs that existed in and outside of prison?

In what type of facility do inmates live in less secure dormitories that are regularly patrolled by correctional officers?

When processing drug offenders, initial ______ is important for both public safety and treatment-oriented concerns.

Prisons that use effective ______ and classification and base their security decisions on the outcomes of these processes will likely be effective in providing reasonable protection of inmates in their custody.

What is a compassionate prison design? Provide an example of one.

Which type of prison design is intended to remedy the foibles of prior designs that emphasized isolation, sterility, and detachment from the natural world?