Deck 7: Prisons Today: Change Stations or Warehouses

Question 1

Inmates contribute their labor to benefit communities, while developing job skills in a practical, nonprison setting, through _____.

A) community projects
B) community interinstitutional placements
C) institutional maintenance assignments
D) intrainstitutional placements

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of the Pennsylvania prison system?

A) It was less expensive to build than any other prison model.
B) It limited the type of work an inmate performed.
C) It resulted in higher productivity of prisoners.
D) It was relatively cheaper to maintain than any other prison system.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The _____ advocated a prison system which shifted the emphasis from punishing the body to reforming the mind and soul.

A) Baptists
B) Catholics
C) Puritans
D) Quakers

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The _____ system called for silence but allowed inmates to work together in groups.

A) Pennsylvania
B) Auburn
C) contract
D) open

Question 5

A minimum-security facility that has no fences or walls surrounding it is known as a(n) _____.

A) open institution
B) house arrest
C) penitentiary
D) federal prison

Question 6

The first historical phase of prison discipline, which involved solitary confinement in silence instead of corporal punishment, was the _____ system.

A) Pennsylvania
B) Auburn
C) convict lease
D) state use

Question 7

The _____ system was, initially, congregate by day and separate at night.

A) Pennsylvania
B) Auburn
C) convict lease
D) public works

Question 8

In 1979, Congress created the _____ to encourage states and local correctional agencies to form partnerships with private companies to give inmates real work opportunities.

A) Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP)
B) Federal Prison Industries (FPI)
C) Traditional Industries (TI)
D) Work in Lieu of Jail Program (WILOJ)

Question 9

Which of the following is a similarity between a medium-security prison and a minimum-security prison?

A) Both have barred cells.
B) Both have lower staff-to-inmate ratios when compared to a maximum-security prison.
C) Both pay $34,000 annually to incarcerate an inmate.
D) Both place greater controls on inmates' freedom of movement than does a maximum-security prison.

Question 10

A federal, paid inmate work program and self-supporting corporation is the _____.

A) Federal Prison Industries
B) Federal Prison Jobs Program
C) Federal Prisoner Employment Program
D) Federal Work Program

Question 11

The Auburn system was also known as the _____ system.

A) contract
B) separate
C) classification
D) congregate

Question 12

The number of inmates that a facility's staff, existing programs, and services can accommodate is called _____.

A) design capacity
B) operational capacity
C) legal capacity
D) architectural design

Question 13

Prison officials used the _____ to distribute problem prisoners to a number of prisons.

A) medical model
B) concentration model
C) correctional model
D) dispersal model

Question 14

A _____ prison allows considerable freedom of movement, may have dormitory housing, and a low staff-to-inmate ratio.

A) minimum-security
B) medium-security
C) maximum-security
D) zero-security

Question 15

The wardens of a state prison are appointed by the _____ of that state.

A) director of corrections
B) provincial governor
C) conservation officer
D) lieutenant governor

Question 16

A freestanding facility, or a distinct unit within a facility, that provides for management and secure control of inmates who have been officially designated as exhibiting violent or serious and disruptive behavior while incarcerated is known as a(n) _____.

A) open institution
B) medium-security prison
C) supermax housing
D) minimum-security prison

Question 17

Which of the following statements is true of a penitentiary?

A) It is used to house petty criminal offenders.
B) It was designed for dormitory housing.
C) It was designed for solitary confinement.
D) It is a characteristic of the Auburn prison system.

Question 18

The number of inmates that planners or architects intend for a prison facility is called _____.

A) design capacity
B) operational capacity
C) legal capacity
D) architectural design

Question 19

Until the mid-18th century, the primary forms of punishing offenders were fines, banishment from communities, corporal punishment, and execution.

Question 20

President _____ signed the law that authorized the establishment of Federal Prison Industries (FPI).

A) Lyndon Johnson
B) Ronald Reagan
C) Franklin Roosevelt
D) Richard Nixon

Question 21

_____ has the highest incarceration rate compared to any other country in the world.

Question 22

Prison inmates realize the importance of gaining an education with time, although many have a history of educational failure.

Question 23

The Auburn prison system was also known as the separate system.

Question 24

In the Auburn prison system, inmates were allowed to communicate with each other at night but had to work in isolation and silence during the day.

Question 25

The congregate system was also known as the _____ system.

Question 26

The majority of prisoners cannot read or write well enough to function in society.

Question 27

A federal, paid inmate work program and self-supporting corporation is the _____.

Question 28

The two prison systems that emerged in the United States, which were later copied throughout the world, were the Pennsylvania system and the Auburn system.

Question 29

President John F. Kennedy signed the law that authorized the establishment of Federal Prison Industries.

Question 30

The Quakers were deeply involved with the beginnings of the penitentiary system in Pennsylvania.

Question 31

Measures that involve separating inmates whose violent behavior makes it impossible for them to live with the general prison population are called concentration.

Question 32

The _____ advocated a prison system which shifted the emphasis from punishing the body to reforming the mind and soul.

Question 33

The Federal Prison Industries is also known by its trade name UNICOR.

Question 34

The _____ system was designed for solitary confinement and labor with instruction in labor, morals, and religion.

Question 35

The number of beds or inmates a state official assigns to an institution is known as _____.

Question 36

The Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution is known for introducing a clothing line called Prison Blues®.

Question 37

A prison designed, organized, and staffed to confine the most dangerous offenders for long periods is called a maximum-security prison.

Question 38

The administration of state prisons is a function of the judicial branch of government.

Question 39

_____ provides such products as the U.S. military uniforms, electronic cable assemblies, and modular furniture.

Question 40

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) consists of federal penitentiaries within each state and local prisons.

Question 41

After the failure of the dispersal model, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) reverted to the _____, where all problem prisoners were housed together in a separate facility.

Question 42

A(n) _____ prison confines the least dangerous offenders for both short and long periods.

Question 43

The number of inmates that a facility's staff, existing programs, and services can accommodate is called its _____.

Question 44

A minimum-security facility that has no fences or walls surrounding it is called a(n) _____.

Question 45

The number of inmates that planners or architects intend for a prison facility is called its _____.

Question 46

A person appointed by a court to act as its representative to oversee remedy of a violation and provide regular progress reports is a(n) _____.

Question 47

The practice of reducing spending on prisons and investing a portion of the savings into infrastructure and civic institutions located in high-risk neighborhoods is known as _____.