Chapter 11 Flashcards
Which of the following best describes a “prison”?
A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement.
Which of the following best describes the “justice model”?
A contemporary model of imprisonment based on the principle of just desserts.
Which of the following best describes “prison capacity”?
The size of the correctional population an institution can effectively hold
Which of the following best describes “rated capacity”?
The number of inmates a prison can handle according to the judgement of experts
Which of the following best describes “operational capacity”?
The number of inmates a prison can effectively accommodate based on management considerations
Which of the following best describes “design capacity”?
The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified.
Which of the following defines “ex post facto”?
Latin for “after the fact”
Which of the following best describes “ADMAX”?
Administrative Maximum-a term used by the federal government to denote ultra-high-security prisons.
Which of the following best describes a “direct-supervision jail”?
A temporary confinement facility that eliminates many of the traditional barriers between inmates and correctional staff
Which of the following best describes a “jail”?
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
Which of the following best describes a “regional jail”?
A jail that is built and run using the combined resources of a variety of local jurisdictions
Which of the following best describes “privatization”?
The movement toward the wider use of private prisons
Which of the following best describes a “private prison”?
A correctional institution operated by a private firm on behalf of a local or state government
Which of the following is true of direct-supervision jails
Physical barriers are far less common than in traditional jails, allowing staff members the opportunity for greater interaction with, and control over, residents.
Which of the following best describes “ex post facto”?
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.
Which of the following is the fastest-growing group in jails nationwide?
Women
What have most offenders in federal institutions been convicted of?
Drug offenses
Which Court case addressed prison overcrowding and decided that placing two inmates in a cell is not cruel and unusual punishment?
Rhodes v Chapman
The National Academy of Corrections is the training arm for the ———.
National Institute of Corrections
Rhodes v. Chapman held that overcrowding in prisons is ———.
Not by itself cruel and unusual punishment
ADMAX is the term that the federal government uses for ultra-high-security prisons.
True
A state or federal confinement facility that has custodial authority over adults sentenced to confinement for less than one year is called a prison.
False
There are substantially fewer federal prisons than state prisons in operation today.
True
Federal prison camps are classified as minimum-security prisons in the federal system.
False
There are more high-security prisons in the federal prison system than any other category of prison classification.
False
The movement toward the wider use of private prisons is called corporate imprisonment.
False
Direct supervision jails are temporary confinement facilities that allow for more interaction between inmates and correctional staff.
True
The number of offenders sent to prison has increased since 1980.
True
Women comprise approximately 50% of offenders in prison.
False
The “justice model” is a contemporary model of imprisonment based on the principle of just desserts.
True
Collective incapacitation seeks to identify the most dangerous criminals, with the goal of removing them from society.
False
“Ex post facto” means “after the fact”.
True
A jail is intended for adults and never holds juveniles.
False
Private firms can sometimes operate a prison on behalf of the local or state government.
True
There are three ways of measuring prison capacity: rated, operational, and design.
True
Jails can be built and operated through the pooled resources of more than one local jurisdiction.
True
ADMAX means “additional maximum”.
False
“Operational capacity” refers to the maximum number of inmates a prison can hold by law.
True
The number of inmates a prison was intended to hold when it was built or modified refers to “design capacity”.
True
When government officials determine the number of inmates a prison can hand, this is known as “rated capacity”.
False
