Deck 11: Prisoner Reentry Collateral Consequences Parole and Mandatory Release

Question 1

The U.S. Parole Commission has established parole guidelines that structure discretion and were the model for many of the states' guidelines.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Victim impact statements mention the harm done to the victim and the victim's family and are important factors in denial of parole.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The prerelease plan is a master plan between the states on how to reduce recidivism by those released on good-time credits.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Most parole boards are composed of part-time, community citizen volunteers who are appointed by the local mayor or city council.

Question 5

In Jago v. Van Curen , the court ruled that prisoners were property of the state and had no rights.

Question 6

Parole is a guaranteed right.

Question 7

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development cannot prohibit the public housing occupancy of an individual who uses drugs or infringes of the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of such premises.

Question 8

Drug crimes typically require full board review for parole decisions.

Question 9

The main difference between reentry courts and other problem-solving courts is that reentry courts begin after release from prison.

Question 10

The maximum eligibility date is the longest amount of time that can be served before the inmate must, by law, be released.

Question 11

Once an offender is released on parole by a parole board, a parole officer or agent sets the conditions of parole and supervises the releasee.

Question 12

A felony conviction in the United States can no longer bar someone from voting.

Question 13

Successful reentry of parolees is concerned with surveillance only and is not concerned with the availability of programs and services in the community.

Question 14

Most occupations that require licenses require that the licensee possess good moral character, making these licenses difficult for convicted felons to obtain.

Question 15

Crimes of a violent or sexual nature usually require full board review.

Question 16

The parole board determines any special conditions of parole supervision.

Question 17

Prisoner reentry is any activity or program dedicated to preparing parolees to live in the community and integrating parolees into the community as law-abiding citizens using a collaborative approach with parole officers, treatment providers, and the community.

Question 18

The amount of time served on the current sentence is one of the top four factors used by releasing authorities to make their decisions.

Question 19

Prerelease facilities are nonresidential programs for inmates who have displayed good institutional conduct.

Question 20

In Menechino v. Oswald , the Supreme Court ruled that due process was not an issue in parole because parole was a privilege and not a guaranteed right.

Question 21

The __________ is the longest amount of time that can be served before an inmate must, by law, be released.

A) minimum eligibility date
B) maximum eligibility date
C) termination date
D) arrival date

Question 22

What percentage of the offenders released from prison each year will remain under some form of community supervision upon release?

A) 100%
B) 80%
C) 40%
D) 20%

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT one of the three possible options that a parole board has been rendering their decision regarding an offender?

A) Deny parole
B) Seek advice from sentencing judge
C) Defer to a later date
D) Grant parole

Question 24

Federal law provides mandatory release when an offender has served __________ of a term five years or longer, unless the offender has serious disciplinary infractions in prison or there is a high probability of recidivism.

A) 1/4
B) 1/2
C) 2/3
D) 3/4

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of release that an inmate can experience?

A) Release under rehabilitative parole
B) Release under a short period of mandatory supervision
C) Release with no supervision
D) Release under discretionary parole

Question 26

​Many occupations required a license to practice or legitimately work; these licenses require ______, which makes it difficult for convicted felons to obtain them.

A) a college education
B) vocational training
C) good moral character
D) a high school education ​

Question 27

On average, how many members typically serve on the parole board throughout the United States?

A) 15
B) ​12
C) ​7
D) ​3

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main ways that parole hearings are conducted in the United States?

A) In person
B) By video teleconference
C) By phone
D) By the parole board viewing a hard-copy of the person's file only

Question 29

Offenders who have been convicted of a _____ crime while receiving federal financial aid for college are ineligible to receive future financial aid.

A) sex
B) violent
C) drug
D) public order

Question 30

The shortest amount of time defined by statute, minus good-time credits, that must be served before the offender can go before the parole board is the

A) minimum eligibility date.
B) maximum eligibility date.
C) termination date.
D) arrival date.

Question 31

The Chair of the parole board is typically

A) a part-time community volunteer
B) a full-time salaried correctional employee
C) a full-time salaried non-correctional employee
D) a full-time community volunteer

Question 32

In most states, the parole board members are appointed by the

A) sentencing judge.
B) state supreme court.
C) governor or director of corrections
D) state house of representatives.

Question 33

A(n) _____ is a certificate signed by a principal and a third party promising to pay in the event the assured suffered damages because an employee fails to perform as agreed.

A) civil forfeiture
B) surety bond
C) interstate compact
D) amercement

Question 34

A(n) _____________ includes a summary of institutional conduct and program participation, as well as plans for housing and employment upon release.

A) presentence investigation report
B) interstate compact request
C) prerelease plan
D) post-sentence investigation report

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT a basic function of a parole board?

A) To decide which offenders should be released
B) To determine the conditions of parole
C) To supervise offenders in the community
D) To determine whether parole privileges should be revoked

Question 36

An administrative body empowered to decide whether inmates shall be conditionally released from prison before the completion of their sentences is a(n)

A) reentry court.
B) interstate compact board.
C) parole board.
D) criminal court.

Question 37

Any activity or program dedicated to preparing and integrating parolees into the community as law-abiding citizens is referred to as

A) surveillance.
B) reentry.
C) supervision.
D) rehabilitation.

Question 38

If parole is not granted at the initial parole hearing, then

A) the offender must serve five years before another hearing.
B) no other hearings will be conducted.
C) parole will be granted at the next hearing.
D) the offender may have subsequent hearings before actual release.

Question 39

_____ are civil and/or political rights that are lost temporarily in some cases, or permanently in others, following a felony conviction.

A) Civil infractions
B) Collateral contacts
C) Collateral consequences
D) Due process rights

Question 40

_____ is a sentence reduction of a specified number of days each month for good conduct while incarcerated.

A) Jail time
B) Good time
C) Merit time
D) Reward time

Question 41

Although the parole board determines release and/or sets parole conditions, the day-to-day supervision of parole is left to __________ officers.

A) field parole
B) court-appointment bailiffs
C) post-release treatment
D) institutional classification

Question 42

The ___________ is the longest amount of time that the offender must serve before the inmate must be released by law.

Question 43

__________ are collaborative, team-based programs that occur after prison with the aim of improving the link between parole supervision and treatment providers.

Question 44

In most states, the __________ or director of corrections appoints parole board members.

Question 45

The ___________ is the shortest amount of time defined by statute, minus good-time earned, that the offender must serve before going before the parole board.

Question 46

_____ are civil and/or political rights that are lost temporarily in some cases, or permanently in others, following a felony conviction.

Question 47

The top four factors that releasing authorities say make an impact on their decisions to grant parole are crime severity, parole risk score, institutional record, and ____________.

A) time served
B) illness
C) age
D) criminal history

Question 48

More than _________% of incarcerated prisoners will eventually return to their communities-nearly half within only a two-year period of time.

Question 49

In Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex , the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that ​

A) the procedure of affording an opportunity for the offender to be heard and then telling him how he falls short of qualifying for parole is sufficient due process.
B) parolees do not have the right to counsel during a parole hearing.
C) counsel may talk for the prisoner during the hearing.
D) the state has to provide counsel to indigent parolees facing revocation.

Question 50

In Franciosi v. Michigan Parole Board , the Court ruled that

A) parolees always have the right to counsel.
B) parolees do not have the right to counsel during a parole hearing.
C) counsel may talk for the prisoner during the hearing.
D) the state has to provide counsel to indigent parolees facing revocation.

Question 51

A sentence reduction of a specified number of days each month for good conduct is _____.

Question 52

A parole release _______ is when the parole board delays its final decision to grant or deny parole to a later time.

A) deferral
B) denial
C) revocation
D) review

Question 53

A case-management summary of offender institutional conduct and program participation, as well as plans for housing and employment upon release, is a(n) _____.

Question 54

Collaborative, team-based programs that aim to improve the link between parole supervision and treatment providers to help recent parolees become stabilized are

A) reentry courts.
B) drug courts.
C) reintegration courts.
D) day reporting centers.

Question 55

The process of integrating parolees into the community as law-abiding citizens using a collaborative approach with the parole officer, treatment providers, and the community is __________.

Question 56

Refusing to admit participation in a crime or guilt can be used in some jurisdictions as a reason to _____ release.

A) expedite
B) grant
C) deny
D) delay

Question 57

In the case of _________, the Supreme Court held that due process rights did not apply to parole release hearings because parole was a privilege, not a right.

A) Morrissey v. Brewer
B) Menechino v. Oswald
C) Wolff v. McDonnell
D) Greenholtz v. Inmates of NPCC

Question 58

Since the 1970s, there has been a movement away from the overuse of parole board discretion authority, instead, replacing the discretionary power with the use of _____________.

A) mandatory minimum sentences
B) required treatment programs ​
C) statutory guidelines
D) split sentences

Question 59

Which of the following crimes are likely to require review by the full parole board?

A) Sexual crimes
B) Property crimes
C) Drug crimes
D) White-collar crimes

Question 60

Those permanently ineligible for parole release include offenders on death row, offenders serving life without parole, and some ________ offenders sentenced under statutes such as "three strikes."

Question 61

What is a victim impact statement? Are these statements included in the parole release decision process? If so, how? Please explain. Are victims able to participate in parole hearings? If so, how? Please explain.

Question 62

What rights, if any, are attached to the parole release decision proceedings?

Question 63

What is a release plan for those inmates who will be returning to society from prison? How are these plans prepared, who actually prepares them, and what specific purpose does it serve?

Question 64

A(n) __________ mentions how the crime has taken a toll physically, emotionally, financially, and/or psychologically on the victim and the victim's family.

Question 65

Since the 1970s, there has been a move toward the use of __________ guidelines in the release decisions of parole boards.

Question 66

What is a parole board? Please list and explain their primary functions and responsibilities?

Question 67

What is reentry, and what are some of the most significant problems faced by prisoners upon release?

Question 68

Parole board hearings are tape-recorded and conducted in one of three ways: in person, via video teleconference, and by _________ only.

Question 69

Violent crimes or crimes of a sexual nature may require __________ board review by the parole board.

Question 70

In the Greenholtz v. NPCC case, the Supreme Court established that some __________ protections were available in the parole-granting process.