Chapter 12 - Behind Bars: The Life of an Inmate Flashcards
total institution
an institution, such as a prison, that provides all of the necessities for existence to those who live within its boundaries
prisonization
the socialization process through which a new inmate learns the accepted norms and values of the prison culture
prison programs
organized activities for inmates that are designed to improve their physical and mental health, provide them with vocational skills, or simply keep them busy while incarcerated
deprivation model
a theory that inmate aggression is the result of the frustration inmates feel at being deprived of freedom, consumer goods, sex, and other staples of life outside the institution
relative deprivation
the theory that inmate aggression is caused when freedoms and services that the inmate has come to accept as normal are decreased or eliminated
prison gang
a group of inmates who band together within the corrections system to engage in social and criminal activities
“hands-off” doctrine
the unwritten judicial policy that favors noninterference by the courts in the administration of prisons and jails
“deliberate indifference”
the standard for establishing a violation of an inmate’s Eighth Amendment rights, requiring that prison officials were aware of harmful conditions in a correctional institution and failed to take steps to remedy those conditions
“identifiable human needs”
the basic human necessities that correctional facilities are required by the Constitution to provide to inmates
expiration release
the release of an inmate from prison at the end of his or her sentence without any further correctional supervision
pardon
an act of executive clemency that overturns are conviction and erases mention of the crime from the person’s criminal record
furlough
temporary release from a prison for purposes of vocational or educational training, to ease the shock of release, or for personal reasons
prisoner reentry
a corrections strategy designed to prepare inmates for a successful return to the community and to reduce their criminal activity after release
desistance
the process through which criminal activity decreases and reintegration into society increases over a period of time
work release program
temporary release of convicts from prison for purposes of employment. The offenders may spend their days on the job, but must return to the correctional facility at night and during the weekend
