CH 7

Question 1

Which recent trend in sentencing has helped reduce correctional populations?

Answer 1

Legalizing marijuana has helped reduce correctional populations

Question 2

Reduced sentences for ______ have helped reduce correctional populations.

Answer 2

Crack Cocaine

Question 3

The cost of prisons has made the United States reconsider how we use them. True or False

Answer 3

True – although it is a more complex answer

Question 4

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the Western world. True or False

Answer 4

True - The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the Western world. In 2018, the rate was 657 per 100,000 U.S. residents

Question 5

In which type of prison are inmates confined to a cell for 23 hours per day?

Answer 5

Supermax - Approximately 44 states have this type of facility. Refer to the section on Supermax Prisons.

Question 6

Which type of facility encourages inmates to work in the community?

Answer 6

Minimum

Question 7

It costs approximately $30,000 per year to incarcerate the average male inmate. True or False

Answer 7

True – depends, though, on how costs are calculated It costs about $60,000 per year to house an inmate in a supermax. This is much more expensive than other facilities due to the heightened security.

Question 8

Which correctional goal does imprisoning someone achieve

Answer 8

Incapacitation

Question 9

______ refers to how inmates lose the roles they had in the outside world once they enter prison.

Answer 9

Mortification refers to how inmates lose the roles they had in the outside world once they enter prison.

Question 10

The “pains of imprisonment” refers to how most inmates get beaten up within 1 week of arriving at the prison. True or False

Answer 10

False - The pains of imprisonment refers to the loss of various things inmates had access to in the free world, including liberty, goods and services, heterosexual relationships, autonomy, and security.

Question 11

Which type of offender is usually housed in minimum-security facilities?

Answer 11

Those closet to release

Question 12

______ is a subset of the broader collection of community values that has its own norms, beliefs, and language that exists because inmates are isolated from the larger society for an extended period of time.

Answer 12

Prison subculture is a subset of the larger culture with its own norms, beliefs, and language. It exists because inmates are isolated from the larger culture for an extended period of time.

Question 13

Research on prison subcultures focuses on ______.

Answer 13

Medium – maximum security prisons

Question 14

Prison gangs are structured by ______.

Answer 14

Race/Ethnicity

Question 15

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) identifies 12 major prison gangs in the United States. True or False

Answer 15

False - The FDOC identifies six major prison gangs in the United States.: Neta, Aryan Brotherhood, Black Guerrilla Family, Mexican Mafia, La Nuestra Familia, and Texas Syndicate.

Question 16

Over half of state prisoners are incarcerated for ______ crimes. True or False

Answer 16

True - Approximately 56% of state prisoners committed a violent offense

Question 17

Why was there a riot at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in 1980?

Answer 17

The riot at the New Mexico State Penitentiary happened because the inmates demanded better conditions. The conditions were deplorable and overcrowded

Question 18

Older inmates comprise about 10% of the prison population. True or False

Answer 18

true - From 2003 to 2013, the older inmate population in prisons rose by 400%.

Question 19

What was an unintended consequence of deinstitutionalizing people with mental illness?

Answer 19

An unintended consequence of deinstitutionalizing people who are mentally ill is that many of them ended up in jail or prison. There are often limited services in the community to help people who are mentally ill.

Question 20

About a quarter of the prison population is LGBTQ+. True or False

Answer 20

False
-gen pop 3.6% of men and 3.4% of women identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual
-1/20 identify as gay
-1/3 identify as les or bi
-LGBTQ youth are extremely overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. Researchers estimate that 20% of youth in the juvenile justice system are lesbian, gay, bisexual, questioning, gender nonconforming, or transgender

Question 21

There is more acceptance of LGBTQ+ inmates in female prisons. True or False

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Which part of the federal government oversees immigration prisons and jails

Answer 22

The Department of Homeland Security

Question 23

People in immigration prisons have the same due process rights as those incarcerated in state or federal prisons. True or False

Answer 23

False - People in immigration prisons do not have the same due process rights as those incarcerated in U.S. state or federal prisons