Chapter 11- Goals of Incarceration

Question 1

What are custodial, rehabilitation, reintegration models?

Answer 1

-Custodial: Restrictive, max prison, highest level of restriction
-Rehabilitation: Reform programs, therapeutic
-Reintegration: less safety concerns, more visitation

Question 2

What are the 5 acceptable uses of force in prison?

Answer 2

Self defense, defense of a third person, to uphold prison rules, to prevent crime, to prevent an escape

Question 3

What are some issues in women’s prisons?

Answer 3

Sexual misconduct, limited educational/vocational programs, medical issues, children

Question 4

What is an adaptive role in prison for women?

Answer 4

Creating pseudo-families in prison

Question 5

What is the inmate code?

Answer 5

The values and norms of the prison social system that define the inmates’ idea of the model prisoner: ways to stay protected from other inmates

Question 6

What are adaptive roles in prison?

Answer 6

-“Gleaning”: Convicts who try to better themselves
-“Jailing”: Convicts who cut themselves off from the outside world
-Doing time: View prison as a break from their criminal careers; try to find comfort
-Disorganized criminal: Someone who can’t adjust to the prison life; less intelligent

Question 7

How is the prison economy?

Answer 7

-Apart from the state providing food, clothes, and housing prisoners, amenities are sparse
-Prison store; can buy limited items
-Often has to smuggle contraband
-Traditional currency: cigarettes

Question 7

What are some prison programs?

Answer 7

Educational programs, vocational education, medical services, rehab programs, prison industries

Question 7

What is the classification of prisoners?

Answer 7

It determines the appropriate program for an individual prisoner

Question 7

What are the different types of violence in prison?

Answer 7

-Prisoner-prisoner (rape, gangs)
-Prisoner-officer
-Officer-prisoner

Question 8

What are the factors to governing prisoners?

Answer 8

-The defects of total power
-Limitation on the rewards and punishments officials can use
-The co-optation of correctional officers by inmates through exchange relationships
-The strength of inmate leadership

Question 8

What is the Prison Rape Elimination Act (2004)?

Answer 8

Established a zero-tolerance standard rape in prison; requires Bureau of Justice Statistics to conduct annual surveys to measure amount of rape in prison