Exam 5: The Jail: Detention and Short-Term Confinement

____________________jails provide indirect or podular/remote surveillance.

An arrangement when a jurisdiction with an adequate jail is willing to contract with neighboring cities and counties to house prisoners on a per diem basis is known as __________________________.

Blacks are approximately ___ times more likely than Hispanics and ___ times more likely than whites to be in jail.

The alternatives to local control of jails are:

First-generation jails are designed to provide indirect or podular/remote surveillance.

In more than 3,000 counties in the United States, the ______________ runs the jail.

Jails have even fewer alternatives for dealing with the issue of _______ than prisons.

If inmates are considered a high risk for suicide, they may be monitored with ___________________, in which inmates are placed in specially equipped cells and in which there is frequent supervision.

Judge Stone handles the bail hearings in his jurisdiction. On a Monday morning his docket he has five cases. Fred is accused of first-degree murder. June is accused of petty theft. Aaron is accused of armed robbery with a firearm. Sal is accused of dealing in stolen property. Fiona is charged with prostitution. -Judge Stone believes that June has strong ties in the community and that she is likely to appear for trial. He does not think that bail is necessary. He decides to release her on her own:

Name at least four jail programs currently utilized.

Which colony became the model for jails?

The number of juveniles held in jails has declined primarily because of the ____________________.

Discuss jail populations and why they continue to increase?

Largely due to increased security risks, the number of juveniles held in adult jails has:

Women compose one-third of all jail employees.

__________________of the detainees in most jails are misdemeanants who could not make bail.

Linear/intermittent surveillance is a characteristic of:

Jail officers' lack of knowledge for appropriate intervention strategies poses a problem when dealing with the:

Jenny works in a local jail as a correctional officer. Every day she sees dozens of offenders entering the jail. At the same time, dozens of inmates are released from jail every day for various reasons. She is actually responsible for the intake and release of individuals from the facility. -When an individual is processed into the county jail, classification takes place. What happens during this classification process?

Police lockups can hold people for: