Deck 12: Behind Bars: the Life of an Inmate

Question 1

How much physical aggression is recorded in women's prisons?

A)Relatively low amounts, when compared with men's prisons
B)Relatively high amounts, when compared with men's prisons
C)None
D)The same amount as found in men's prisons

Answer 1

A

Question 2

An inmate who is ____ exists on the fringes of prison society.

A)A disorganized criminal
B)Doing time
C)Gleaning
D)Jailing

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A ____ is the disciplinarian of the prison, responsible for policing and transporting the inmates.

A)Captain
B)Lieutenant
C)Officer
D)Sergeant

Answer 3

B

Question 4

These officers perform maintenance and security functions in workshop and educational programs.

A)Block officers
B)Industrial shop and school officers
C)Work detail supervisors
D)Yard officers

Question 5

Inmates who are ____ are establishing themselves in the power structure of the prison culture.

A)Disorganized criminals
B)Doing time
C)Gleaning
D)Jailing

Question 6

These officers spend their entire shifts in isolated, silent posts high above the grounds of the facility using walkie-talkies to communicate.

A)Block officers
B)Industrial shop and school officers
C)Tower guards
D)Yard officers

Question 7

____ oversee small groups of inmates as they perform tasks in the cafeteria, the prison store, the laundry, and other areas.

A)Block officers
B)Tower guards
C)Work detail supervisors
D)Yard officers

Question 8

A group of three or more inmates who engage in activity that poses a threat to the safety of other inmates or the prison staff is called a

A)Organized criminal group
B)Criminal intelligence organization
C)Security threat group
D)Group of interest

Question 9

Which pattern of inmate behavior includes following rules and generally doing whatever is necessary to speed up their release so they can continue their chosen careers?

A)Disorganized criminal
B)Doing time
C)Gleaning
D)Jailing

Question 10

Inmates who take advantage of prison resources such as libraries or drug treatment programs by ____ are working to improve themselves to prepare for a return to society.

A)Being disorganized criminals
B)Doing time
C)Gleaning
D)Jailing

Question 11

The single factor that most distinguishes female prisoners from their male counterparts is:

A)Age
B)A history of physical or sexual abuse
C)A lengthy criminal history
D)Race or ethnicity

Question 12

Who is responsible for the "well-being" of the inmates by making sure that inmates do not harm themselves or other prisoners?

A)Block officers
B)Tower guards
C)Work detail supervisors
D)Yard officers

Question 13

Which of the following statements regarding today's prison population is accurate?

A)The majority of inmates in today's prisons are under the age of 25
B)The number of female inmates has remained stable over the past three decades
C)The number of older inmates has more than doubled in recent years
D)The vast majority of inmates are young and healthy

Question 14

All of the following are true of the total institution EXCEPT:

A)One cannot leave
B)Others arrange every aspect of daily life
C)Regular communication with the community is encouraged
D)A schedule must be followed

Question 15

____ are primarily administrators who deal directly with the warden on custodial issues.

A)Captains
B)Lieutenants
C)Officers
D)Sergeants

Question 16

Which rank of custodial staff is responsible for overseeing platoons of officers in specific parts of the prison, such as various cell blocks or work spaces?

A)Captain
B)Lieutenant
C)Officer
D)Sergeant

Question 17

What is the deprivation model?

A)The deprivation model theorizes that the most effective method of dealing with inmate violence is to deprive inmates of privileges such as access to television and recreation.
B)The deprivation model theorizes that inmate aggression is the result of the frustration inmates feel at being deprived of freedom, consumer goods, sex, and other staples of life normally available outside the institution.
C)The deprivation model theorizes that inmate aggression is the result of the frustration inmates feel at being deprived of quality food, time outdoors, and exercise.
D)The deprivation model theorizes that depriving inmates of visits from associates in the free world will significantly reduce the amount of contraband that enters the prison facility.

Question 18

Drug and alcohol use within a women's prison can be a function of the anger and depression many inmates experience due to:

A)Being separated from their children
B)Being separated from their husbands
C)A lack of heterogeneous relationships
D)A lack of person freedoms

Question 19

Inmates develop their own language, or

A)Dialect
B)Argot
C)Code
D)Slang

Question 20

The socialization process through which a new inmate learns the accepted norms and values of the prison population is called

A)Gleaning
B)Prisonization
C)Institutionalization
D)Immersion

Question 21

Who are the officers who are responsible for staying alert for breaches in prison discipline or regulations in the relatively unstructured environment of the prison yard?

A)Block officers
B)Industrial shop and school officers
C)Tower guards
D)Yard officers

Question 22

What 1974 case also signaled to civil rights lawyers that the Court would no longer follow the "hands-off" doctrine?

A)Estelle v.Gamble
B)Hudson v.McMillan
C)Whitley v.Albers
D)Wolff v.McDonnell

Question 23

In a system that uses discretionary parole, the actual release decision is made at a ____.

A)conditional hearing
B)discretionary hearing
C)mandatory hearing
D)parole grant hearing

Question 24

When inmates try to prove that their Eighth Amendment rights were violated by a correctional facility, they must meet the standard of ____.

A)Deliberate indifference
B)Hands-on approach
C)Identifiable human needs
D)Relative deprivation

Question 25

Truth-in-sentencing statutes generally require convicted offenders to serve ____ percent of their sentence before being released.

A)100
B)85
C)75
D)50

Question 26

Which amendment states that inmates do not have the same guaranteed rights as other Americans?

A)Fourth
B)Fifth
C)Eighth
D)Thirteenth

Question 27

An act of executive clemency that overturns a conviction and erases mention of the crime from the person's criminal record is referred to as:

A)A mandatory release
B)A pardon
C)Parole
D)Probation

Question 28

These attempt to measure the risk of an offender recidivating, and are often used to determine whether early release will be granted and under what conditions.

A)Parole contract
B)Parole guidelines
C)Probation contract
D)Probation guidelines

Question 29

Efforts being made to help inmates make the transition from prison to the "outside" are included under the concept of ____.

A)Parole
B)Pardons
C)Prisoner reentry
D)Prisoner rehabilitation

Question 30

The basic human necessities that correctional facilities are required by the Constitution to provide to inmates are referred to as:

A)Deliberate indifference
B)Hands-on approach
C)Identifiable human needs
D)Relative deprivation

Question 31

When a parolee breaks the conditions of parole, ____ occurs as the process of withdrawing parole and returning the person to prison.

A)parole cancellation
B)parole expiration
C)parole revocation
D)prisoner reentry

Question 32

A temporary release from a prison for purposes of vocational or educational training, to ease the shock of release, or for personal reasons is called:

A)A furlough
B)A pardon
C)Parole
D)Probation

Question 33

A/The ____ is expected to help the parolee readjust to life outside the correctional institution by helping her or him find a place to live and a job, and seeing that he or she receives any treatment or rehabilitation that may be necessary.

A)Correctional officer
B)Parole board
C)Parole officer
D)Probation officer

Question 34

This is a release from prison that occurs when an offender has served the length of his or her sentence, with time taken off for good behavior.

A)Mandatory release
B)Pardon
C)Parole
D)Probation

Question 35

The frequency of contact between the parolee and the parole officer, along with other conditions of parole, are spelled out in the:

A)Probation contract
B)Parole agreement
C)Parole contract
D)Probation guidelines

Question 36

What type of violation occurs when a parolee breaks a condition of parole?

A)Condition violation
B)Parole violation
C)Revocation violation
D)Technical violation

Question 37

Officers who provide security at prison gates, oversee visitation procedures, act as liaisons for civilians, and handle administrative tasks such as the paperwork when an inmate is transferred from another institution are ______________________________.

A)Administrative building assignments
B)Block officers
C)Tower guards
D)Yard officers

Question 38

In which case did the Supreme Court rule that minor injuries suffered by a convict at the hands of a correctional officer following an argument did violate the inmate's rights, because there was no security concern at the time of the incident?

A)Cooper v.Pate
B)Hudson v.McMillan
C)Whitley v.Albers
D)Wolff v.McDonnell

Question 39

This is the conditional release of an inmate before his or her sentence has expired.

A)Mandatory release
B)Pardon
C)Parole
D)Probation

Question 40

The unwritten judicial policy that favors noninterference by the courts in the administration of prisons and jails is

A)The hands-off doctrine
B)The laissez-faire doctrine
C)The graduated sanctions doctrine
D)The penal authority doctrine

Question 41

Prior to the 1970's, the courts applied the "hands-off" doctrine to prisoner law.

Question 42

Officers who work the prison yard usually have the least seniority, befitting the assignment's reputation as dangerous and stressful.

Question 43

Parolees are discharged from their parole when they reach their maximum expiration date.

Question 44

Under the _____________ model, the authorities directly notify the community of the sex offender's presence.

A)Community
B)Passive
C)Active
D)Registration

Question 45

The goal of reentry is to promote ______________________, or continued abstinence from offending.

A)Desistance
B)Recidivism
C)Rehabilitation
D)Resistance

Question 46

Megan's Law requires states to provide communities with relevant information on ____ as a condition of receiving federal anticrime funds.

A)Drug offenders
B)Murderers
C)Property offenders
D)Sexual offenders

Question 47

Jailing is the socialization process through which a new inmate learns the accepted norms and values of the prison population.

Question 48

Violence by inmates is used to establish the prisoner hierarchy by separating the powerful from the weak.

Question 49

Relative deprivation is a theory that inmate aggression is the result of the frustration inmates feel at being deprived of freedom, consumer goods, sex, and other staples of life outside the institution.

Question 50

Truth in sentencing guidelines require offenders to serve at least 85% of their prison terms.

Question 51

About 40% of state and federal prisoners suffer from at least one form of illness.

Question 52

Prisoners nearing the end of their sentences are given permission to work at paid employment in the community as part of _____________________.

A)Parole
B)Work release programs
C)Probation
D)Furlough

Question 53

In rare circumstances, the parole board may choose to pardon an inmate.

Question 54

Parole is an important part of truth-in-sentencing statutes.

Question 55

Mandatory release, also known as "maxing out," occurs when an inmate has served the maximum amount of time on the initial sentence, minus reductions for good-time credits.

Question 56

Websites that provide sex offender registry information are considered a form of passive notification.

Question 57

In Greenholtz v.Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, the Supreme Court ruled that inmates have a constitutionally protected right to expect parole.

Question 58

Compared to men's prisons, women's prisons have relatively high levels of physical aggression.

Question 59

By definition, a total institution is an institution that provides all of the necessities for existence to those who live within its boundaries.

Question 60

Statistics indicate that approximately _________ of all ex-prisoners will be returned to jail or prison within three years.

A)25%
B)33%
C)51%
D)78%

Question 61

Why might an inmate become violent within prison today, as explored by the text?

Question 62

The basic human necessities that correctional facilities are required by the constitution to provide to inmates are referred to as ______________________________.

Question 63

Contrast probation, parole, mandatory release, pardon and furlough.

Question 64

What is a total institution? Discuss how it applies within the prison culture.

Question 65

An agreement between the state and the offender that establishes the conditions of parole is the _________________.

Question 66

A form of temporary release in which an inmate is allowed to leave the prison for a short amount of time is a(n) __________________________.

Question 67

A community-based form of early release that places inmates in residential centers and allows them to reintegrate with society is a(n) ___________________________.

Question 68

Explain the difference between active and passive sex offender notification laws.

Question 69

Discuss the three goals of truth-in-sentencing statutes.

Question 70

______________________ is the theory that inmate aggression is caused when freedoms and services that the inmate has come to accept as normal are decreased or eliminated.