Chapter 10 - Federal Corrections Flashcards
silent system
An early approach to rehabilitation where prisoners were held in solitary confinement and were forbidden to talk to other prisoners or guards outside their cells.
“big house” prisons
A style of high-security prisons that emerged in the 1800s and featured large stone buildings surrounded by high stone fences.
closed system
A type of prison administration where there is little interaction with the community.
reception centre
A prison unit that receives prisoners from the courts and holds them until their assessment and classification is complete.
offender intake assessment
Assessing an individual’s future risk of criminal behaviour based on their criminal history and their needs (e.g., whether they require help with employment or substance abuse).
institutional parole officers
Officers employed by the CSC who work with inmates to develop case plans that enable prisoners to make a safe transition to the community.
custody rating scale
An instrument that predicts a prisoner’s risk of misconduct, adjustment to prison life, and potential for escape.
dynamic needs
Factors that can be changed by offenders, such as their education level or employability.
segregation
Placement of an inmate in a locked high-security cell within a correctional facility (e.g., administrative segregation), usually in response to their misconduct.
slashing
When a prisoner engages in self-harming behaviour by cutting their skin using metal or plastic objects.
long-term supervision orders (ltsos)
Orders that can be imposed by a judge to increase the period of an offender’s community supervision past the end of their formal sentence.
ticket of leave
A release established in penal colonies for prisoners who had demonstrated positive changes and were considered rehabilitated.
cascading
A term used by the Correctional Service of Canada to refer to a prisoner’s movement to lower levels of supervision, such as from medium- to minimum-security facilities.
full parole
A less restrictive form of parole granted by the Parole Board of Canada to federal prisoners who have been successful in day parole.
statutory release
A form of supervised release that is automatically granted after federal prisoners with determinate sentences of three years or longer have served two-thirds of their sentences (does not apply to dangerous offenders or lifers serving indeterminate sentences).
