Exam 13: Prisons and Jails

A temporary confinement jail that eliminates many of the traditional barriers between inmates and correctional personnel is known as a new __________________ jail.

Physical barriers in direct-supervision jails are far more common than in traditional jails.

Jails are locally operated short-term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest and pending trial.

One of the best known internal classification systems in use today's prisons is the adult internal management system (AIMS).AIMS assess an inmate's predatory potential by quantifying three aspects of the inmate's history.List and define those three aspects and explain how effective or ineffective you feel they are.

Which early prison system was heralded as the one that was humane and provided inmates with the opportunity for rehabilitation?

Which of the following are jails that are built and run using the combined resources of a variety of local jurisdictions?

Historically,the most widely used of physical punishment was ____________.

The just deserts philosophy has led to substantial and continued increases in the American prison population.

A(n)________ system is used by prison administrators to assign inmates to custody levels based on offense history,assessed dangerousness,perceived risk of escape,and other factors.

The California Department of Corrections had an unwritten policy of racially segregating prisoners in order to prevent racial violence.In 2005 the U.S.Supreme Court case Johnson v.California reviewed that policy and held that it:

The Federal prison system is separated into two security levels: high maximum and low maximum.

Lex talionis is also known as the law of:

Work release is representative of which era in the development of U.S.prisons?

Historically,the most widely used physical punishment was flogging.

The Warehousing Era is a correctional model intended to capitalize on the labor of convicts sentenced to confinement.

________ release is a prison program through which inmates are temporarily released into the community to meet job responsibilities.

ADMAX (Administrative maximum)is a term used by the federal government to denote ultra-high-security prisons.

ADMAX or administrative maximum is the term used by the federal government to denote:

How many security levels has the BOP classified in the federal prison system?

Before the development of prisons there were other early forms of punishment,including flogging.Describe some other early forms of punishment that often were cruel and harmful to the convicted person.List at least three different early forms of punishment and give examples of each.