Exam 10: The Management of Prisons

All prisons provide mental health programs.

The rehabilitative functions in a prison, including counseling, religious services, substance abuse programs, and education are called ________.

Administrators of state correctional agencies are responsible for which of the following?

Match the job duty with the appropriate category of prison staff. -Commissary

Most states do not have a unionized correctional work force.

What is the process to promote and recognize improvement in the management of correctional agencies through the administration of voluntary standards?

Explain how the inmate disciplinary process imitates due process used by our court system.

For disciplinary processes, the inmate appeal cannot dispute a finding of fact, but is limited to procedural and due process rights.

What kind of application process is used to determine whether correctional job candidates have issues that could put them in a compromising situation or make them more likely to accept a bribe?

Former correctional officers who work with inmates on prison issues, such as getting a prison job assignment, are ________ counselors.

Who is responsible for an area of the prison, such as recreation or the SHU?

In all states, jail standards are left up to local jurisdictions.

Which administrative function is a typical responsibility of the central organization of a correctional agency?

What is the central organization that oversees state and federal prisons often called?

The chief executive of a state or federal department of corrections is called a(n) ________.

Instruments used to assign inmates to housing or programs after they are placed in a particular prison are internal ________ systems.

A(n) ________ interview is used to determine if candidates for a correctional career have issues or conditions that could put them in a compromising situation.

Which of the following is TRUE of the Adult Internal Management System?

Which of the following is a type of issue dealt with by correctional agency legal offices?

Most states have decided against implementing unit management.