Chapter 11

Question 1

Which of the following best describes a “prison”?

Answer 1

A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the “justice model”?

Answer 2

A contemporary model of imprisonment based on the principle of just desserts.

Question 3

Which of the following best describes “prison capacity”?

Answer 3

The size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold

Question 4

Which of the following best describes “rated capacity”?

Answer 4

The number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgement of experts

Question 5

Which of the following best describes “operational capacity”?

Answer 5

The number of inmates a prison can effectively accommodate based on management considerations

Question 6

Which of the following best describes “design capacity”?

Answer 6

The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified.

Question 7

Which of the following defines “ex post facto”?

Answer 7

Latin for “after the fact”

Question 8

Which of the following best describes “ADMAX”?

Answer 8

Administrative Maximum-a term used by the federal government to denote ultra-high-security prisons.

Question 9

Which of the following best describes a “direct-supervision jail”?

Answer 9

A temporary confinement facility that eliminates many of the traditional barriers between inmates and correctional staff

Question 10

Which of the following best describes a “jail”?

Answer 10

A confinement facility administered by an agency of local government, typically a law enforcement agency, intended for adults but sometimes also containing juveniles, that holds people detained pending adjudication or committed after adjudication, usually those sentenced to one year or less

Question 11

Which of the following best describes a “regional jail”?

Answer 11

A jail that is built and run using the combined resources of a variety of local jurisdictions

Question 12

Which of the following best describes “privatization”?

Answer 12

The movement toward the wider use of private prisons

Question 13

Which of the following best describes a “private prison”?

Answer 13

A correctional institution operated by a private firm on behalf of a local or state government

Question 14

Which of the following is true of direct-supervision jails

Answer 14

Physical barriers are far less common than in traditional jails, allowing staff members the opportunity for greater interaction with, and control over, residents.

Question 15

Which of the following best describes “ex post facto”?

Answer 15

The Constitution prohibits the enactment of ex post facto laws, which would make acts committed before the laws in question were passed punishable as crimes.

Question 16

Which of the following is the fastest-growing group in jails nationwide?

Answer 16

Women

Question 17

What have most offenders in federal institutions been convicted of?

Answer 17

Drug offenses

Question 18

Which Court case addressed prison overcrowding and decided that placing two inmates in a cell is not cruel and unusual punishment?

Answer 18

Rhodes v Chapman

Question 19

The National Academy of Corrections is the training arm for the ———.

Answer 19

National Institute of Corrections

Question 20

Rhodes v. Chapman held that overcrowding in prisons is ———.

Answer 20

Not by itself cruel and unusual punishment

Question 21

ADMAX is the term that the federal government uses for ultra-high-security prisons.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement for less than one year is called a prison.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

There are substantially fewer federal prisons than state prisons in operation today.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Federal prison camps are classified as minimum-security prisons in the federal system.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

There are more high-security prisons in the federal prison system than any other category of prison classification.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

The movement toward the wider use of private prisons is called corporate imprisonment.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

Direct supervision jails are temporary confinement facilities that allow for more interaction between inmates and correctional staff.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

The number of offenders sent to prison has increased since 1980.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Women comprise approximately 50% of offenders in prison.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

The “justice model” is a contemporary model of imprisonment based on the principle of just desserts.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Collective incapacitation seeks to identify the most dangerous criminals, with the goal of removing them from society.

Answer 31

False

Question 32

“Ex post facto” means “after the fact”.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

A jail is intended for adults and never holds juveniles.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Private firms can sometimes operate a prison on behalf of the local or state government.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

There are three ways of measuring prison capacity: rated, operational, and design.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Jails can be built and operated through the pooled resources of more than one local jurisdiction.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

ADMAX means “additional maximum”.

Answer 37

False

Question 38

“Operational capacity” refers to the maximum number of inmates a prison can hold by law.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified refers to “design capacity”.

Answer 39

True

Question 40

When government officials determine the number of inmates a prison can hand, this is known as “rated capacity”.

Answer 40

False