Chat with AIExam 13: Prisons and Jails
Which of the following is an imprisonment strategy that is based on the desire to prevent recurrent crime and that has abandoned all hope of rehabilitation?
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Privatization of prisons is a hot topic in today's discussion of inmate incarceration.What are some of the advantages and disadvantages for privatizing prisons? Comment on and analyze your views about privatization,supporting your opinions with examples and facts.
(41) VerifiedReasons to privatize:
1.Private operators can provide construction financing options that allow the government to pay only for capacity as needed in lieu of assuming long-term debt.
2.Private companies offer state-of-the-art correctional facility designs that are efficient to operate and that are based on cost-benefit considerations.
3.Private operators typically design and construct a new correctional facility in half the time it takes to build a comparable government project.
4.Private companies provide government with the convenience and accountability of one entity for all compliance issues.
5.Private companies can mobilize rapidly and specialize in unique facility missions.
6.Private companies provide economic development opportunities by hiring and purchasing locally.
7.Government can reduce or share its liability exposure by contracting with private corrections companies.
8.Government can retain flexibility by limiting the contract's duration and by specifying the facility's mission.
"9.The addition of alternative service providers injects competition among both public and private organizations.
Reasons not to privatize:"
1.There are certain responsibilities that only the government should meet,such as public safety.The government has legal,political,and moral obligations to provide incarceration.Constitutional issues underlie both public and private corrections and involve deprivation of liberty,discipline,and preservation of the rights of inmates.Related issues include use of force,equitable hiring practices,and segregation.
2.Few private companies are available from which to choose.
3.Private operators may be inexperienced with key corrections issues.
4.A private operator may become a monopoly through political ingratiation,favoritism,and so on.
5.Government may,over time,lose the capability to perform the corrections function.
6.The profit motive will inhibit the proper performance of corrections duties.Private companies have financial incentives to cut corners.
7.The procurement process is slow,inefficient,and open to risks.
8.Creating a good,clear contract is a daunting task.
9.The lack of enforcement remedies in contracts leaves only termination or lawsuits as recourse.
Who is most noted as the originator of what we know as today's early release program?
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A jail that is built and run using the combined resources of a variety of local jurisdictions is called a _________________ jail.
(35) During the Industrial Era prisons intended to capitalize on the labor of convicts by using them as laborers in the community.Define and describe three of the six different systems of inmate labor in use in the early twentieth century.
(23) A policy that seeks to protect society by incarcerating individuals deemed to be the most dangerous is called:
(33) Verified (37) In 2013 there were less than 1.5 million prisoners in the state and federal prison systems.
(28) The Bureau of Prisons classifies its institutions into five categories.List and define those five categories and give examples of the type of inmate that is sent to each prison.
(37) The Treatment Era implied that the offender was sick and that rehabilitation was only a matter of finding the right treatment.Inmates came to be seen more as "clients" or "patients" than as offenders.
(36) The Auburn system of imprisonment became popular during which prison era?
(31) According to the text,the largest growing population of jail inmates is:
(37) The ______________ capacity is the number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgment of experts.
(34) Selective incapacitation is a strategy used by some states to reduce prison populations.
(27) The movement toward the wider use of private prisons is known as:
(39) The Pennsylvania system was a form of imprisonment developed by the British around 1790 as an alternative to corporal punishment.
(38) ________ is the movement towards the wider use of private prisons.
(33) Today's jails serve many different purposes.Other than holding suspects following arrest and pending trial,explain and define three of additional purposes they serve.
(44) The _____________ has established a Commission on Accreditation to develop a set of standards that correctional institutions can use for conducting self-evaluations.
(27) Which type of jail is a temporary confinement facility that eliminates many of the traditional barriers between inmates and correctional personnel,and is also called a podular jail,direct supervision jail,and indirect-supervision jail?
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