Deck 6: Facility Design and Classification in Jails and Prisons

Question 1

The Bastille was a fortification built in the city of ______ and was a symbol of tyranny and injustice for both commoners and political prisoners.

A) London
B) New York
C) Paris
D) Tokyo

Answer 1

Paris

Question 2

Western State Penitentiary, built in ______ was based on the Bastille blueprint design.

A) Pittsburgh
B) Boston
C) Philadelphia
D) Baltimore

Answer 2

Pittsburgh

Question 3

The design and physical features of ______ State Penitentiary were quite novel and progressive when compared with other institutions of the era.

A) Northern
B) Eastern
C) Western
D) Southern

Answer 3

Eastern

Question 4

The typical ______ cell was around 25 sq. ft., measuring about 3.5 ft. wide by 7 ft. long.

A) Auburn
B) Pennsylvania
C) Philadelphia
D) California

Question 5

The ______ was designed to allow security personnel to clearly observe all inmates without the inmates themselves being able to tell whether they were being watched.

A) prison
B) incarceration
C) jail
D) panopticon

Question 6

Which type of prison design does Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois still use today?

A) Auburn/Sing Sing
B) panopticon
C) Pennsylvania
D) direct supervision

Question 7

In what type of facility do inmates live in less secure dormitories that are regularly patrolled by correctional officers?

A) minimum security
B) medium security
C) maximum security
D) supermax

Question 8

What type of facility is not likely to have stone walls but will instead use corrugated chain-link fence that is often topped with razor wire, are lit by floodlights at night and may be electrified?

A) supermax
B) minimum security
C) medium security
D) maximum security

Question 9

What are prefabricated sections in most modern prisons that inmates will usually have individual cells with doors controlled from a secure remote control station?

A) pods
B) sects
C) chambers
D) slots

Question 10

Which decade saw the emergence of the term security threat groups, which referred to the various gangs that existed in and outside of prison?

A) 1970s
B) 1980s
C) 1990s
D) 2000s

Question 11

What facilities provide the highest level of security?

A) maximum security
B) supermax
C) minimum security
D) medium security

Question 12

Which famous mobster was held at Alcatraz?

A) John Gotti
B) Lucky Luciano
C) Vito Genovese
D) Al Capone

Question 13

A special closed-custody unit was designed at ______ to house the BOP's worst inmates.

A) USP Florence
B) USP Marion
C) Sing Sing
D) Pelican Bay

Question 14

In what case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the highest security practices of USP Marion were constitutional?

A) Wolff v. McDonnell
B) Vitek v. Jones
C) Madrid v. Gomez
D) Bruscino v. Carlson

Question 15

The case of Madrid v. Gomez (1995) involved operations of the special housing unit at which California prison?

A) San Quentin
B) High Desert
C) Folsom
D) Pelican Bay

Question 16

Which style of prison has a number of individual buildings that are not connected?

A) telephone style
B) campus style
C) Auburn/Sing Sing style
D) Pennsylvania style

Question 17

A prison's ______ security system is, ideally, a collection of components or elements that, when assembled in a carefully formulated configuration, achieve the objective of confinement with a high degree of confidence.

A) internal
B) perimeter
C) inside
D) outside

Question 18

Which type of prison design is intended to remedy the foibles of prior designs that emphasized isolation, sterility, and detachment from the natural world?

A) maximum
B) medium
C) compassionate
D) gentle

Question 19

What did Redding (2004) note was integral to maintaining custody and control of the inmate correctional population?

A) security staff
B) physical design
C) perimeter security
D) inmate classification

Question 20

In correctional facilities, what occur when areas of the prison are not easily viewed by security staff and/or surveillance equipment?

A) perimeter spots
B) shadow spots
C) blind spots
D) secure spots

Question 21

What is the most common method of serving food to inmates through?

A) small, compartmentalized, cafeteria-style room
B) large, open, cafeteria-style room
C) single trays in cells
D) small, housing unit rooms

Question 22

What is usually a board with the silhouette of the item drawn on the board so that missing kitchen tools can be quickly identified?

A) shadow board
B) tracing board
C) tool board
D) utensil board

Question 23

Which of the following is a recreational activity for inmates that might be found in a correctional facility?

A) intramural sports
B) individual exercise
C) arts and crafts
D) all of these

Question 24

In California, Colorado, Missouri, and Alabama, innovations involving lethal forms of electric ______ have been effective in deterring escape attempts.

A) chairs
B) pods
C) fencing
D) cells

Question 25

Which city now uses tracking technology via the use of radio-linked wristbands?

A) Seattle
B) Los Angeles
C) Chicago
D) Miami

Question 26

Which U.S. Supreme Court case's ruling attested to the importance of effective and appropriate classification systems?

A) Morris v. Travisono
B) Madrid v. Gomez
C) Palmigiano v. Garrahy
D) Bruscino v. Carlson

Question 27

Which of the following is not a goal of classification?

A) protect the public from future victimization by offenders who are already in the correctional system
B) control inmates' behavior, which includes their ability to trade in contraband, engage in prison gang activities, or harm themselves (as with suicidal inmates)
C) protect sexual offenders from juvenile offender
D) protect inmates from one another by separating likely predators from less serious inmates

Question 28

Prisons that use effective ______ and classification and base their security decisions on the outcomes of these processes will likely be effective in providing reasonable protection of inmates in their custody.

A) screening
B) sensing
C) feeling
D) observing

Question 29

Effective security and custody placement can reduce all of the following except ______.

A) fear
B) violence
C) escapes
D) staff turnover

Question 30

The type of physical barriers that are utilized to prevent inmates' escape and are related to public safety concerns are known as ______.

A) custody level
B) perimeter security
C) level of security
D) internal security

Question 31

What is related to the degree of staff supervision that is needed for a given inmate?

A) custody level
B) minimum security
C) level of security
D) treatment level

Question 32

What is a security-level status given to inmates who are deemed to be at risk of serious violence if not afforded protection?

A) administrative segregation
B) protection segregation
C) administrative custody
D) protective custody

Question 33

______ is a type of classification that is nonpunitive in nature but requires the separation of inmates from the general population due to the threat that they may pose to themselves, staff, other inmates, or institutional order.

A) Protective custody
B) Administration custody
C) Administrative segregation
D) Maximum segregation

Question 34

More than ______ of all state inmates and more than 73% of all federal inmates reported past drug use, with most of that past drug use occurring during the year prior to their offense.

A) 83%
B) 95%
C) 89%
D) 10%

Question 35

When processing drug offenders, initial ______ is important for both public safety and treatment-oriented concerns.

A) treatment
B) placement
C) criteria
D) detoxification

Question 36

Security threat groups (STG) refer to the various gangs that existed in and outside of prison.

Question 37

Even supermax facilities are not completely secure.

Question 38

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section (2010), the ADA requires correctional agencies to make reasonable modifications in their policies, practices, and procedures necessary to ensure accessibility for individuals with disabilities, unless making such modifications would fundamentally alter the program or service involved.

Question 39

State and local government entities should conduct a self-evaluation to review their current services, policies, and practices in prisons for compliance with the ADA.

Question 40

The campus style has linear cell blocks interconnected around a central enclosed space.

Question 41

An internal security plan is a collection of components or elements that, when assembled in a carefully formulated plan, achieve the objective of confinement with a high degree of confidence.

Question 42

When establishing alarm systems for perimeter security, camera video systems should be placed inside the inner fence and positioned to allow for viewing of the source object that triggers a given alarm.

Question 43

The area between the inner and outer fences is often referred to as the isolation zone.

Question 44

The most common method of serving food to inmates is through a small, closed, cell-style room.

Question 45

The use of technology in prisons is becoming widespread and has affected a number of operational aspects.

Question 46

Some prison facilities have begun to use wristbands with bar codes that are used to track inmates throughout the prison.

Question 47

The use of automated classification systems is now standard practice in both prisons and community-based correctional agencies.

Question 48

The level of security provided for a particular inmate refers to the type of physical barriers utilized to prevent that inmate's escape and is related to public safety concerns.

Question 49

The level of security is more related to safety and security within the prison itself than is the custody level.

Question 50

Protective custody is a type of classification that is nonpunitive in nature but requires the separation of inmates from the general population due to the threat that they may pose to themselves, staff, other inmates, or institutional order.

Question 51

Every form of treatment program involves some sort of screening.

Question 52

Matching the client's profile to a treatment modality is less likely to achieve lasting success, which does not translate to the enhanced evaluation of program effectiveness.

Question 53

What are pods and what purpose do pods have in modern prison designs?

Question 54

Define perimeter security system.

Question 55

What are compassionate prison designs?

Question 56

Define blind spots.

Question 57

List some of the new processes regarding inmate identification that are being developed that greatly enhance institutional security and cost-effectiveness.

Question 58

What are the level of security and custody level and to what do they relate?

Question 59

What is administrative segregation? Which inmates would be classified under administrative segregation?

Question 60

How does appropriate classification relate to treatment?

Question 61

What is the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and how the legislation affects prisons around the United States? How does a prison modify designs to become ADA compliant?

Question 62

What is a compassionate prison design? Provide an example of one.

Question 63

What are blind spots? What are the best means of avoiding them? Why are they dangerous in a correctional institution?

Question 64

What are the goals of the classification system? What do these goals hinge on?