Exam 16: Current and Future Issues in Corrections

________ incarceration is generally a term used to refer to the fact that the U.S. prison population has grown dramatically over the past forty years, and the United States incarcerates a much higher ratio of people than any other country.

Many state correctional reforms have come from states' participation in the Justice Reinvestment Initiative.

Which of the following defines mass incarceration?

The Association of State Correctional Administrators suggests which practice be used for managing inmates on restrictive status housing?

________ status housing designates the housing for inmates whose continued presence in the general prison population would pose a serious threat to life, property, self, staff or other inmates, or to the security or orderly operation of a correctional facility.

A(n) ________ in corrections is beginning work for a correctional agency with the intent of working in corrections until retirement.

Which of the following is a growing method used by correctional agencies to reduce their costs?

Key drivers of increased costs are inmate health care and salaries for staff.

An approach to use evidence-based policies and programs to create community alternatives to prison to both slow the increase or reduce the prison population and save money is known as ________.

Correctional jobs are ________.

Proponents of incarceration argue that ________ offenders in prison reduces crime.

Which of the following is an issue that is key to any deliberation regarding the use of private prisons?

The 1980s growth in incarceration rate was largely drive by the increase in prison commitments by ________.

Corrections policy is at a critical crossroad where tight budgets and politics intersect.

The state prison population slightly decreased in 2013.

One of the challenges of having private prisons is the ethical concerns of an offender's freedom being taken away by a for-profit company.

In 2016, the United States had one of the lowest incarceration rates worldwide.

Many jurisdictions still strongly believe that the best way to manage potentially dangerous prisoners is through ________ or by removing them from the general population and keeping them in a very secure setting.

Solitary ________ is the practice of isolating inmates in cells for 22-24 hours a day, with limited human contact, usually for several months at a time.

Correctional jobs are difficult to perform, and not every person who expresses an interest in corrections is suited for this type of work.