Correctional Facilities

Question 1

Name three different classifications for prisons

Answer 1

Maximum, Minimum, Security

Question 2

How does the federal system assign identification unpon admission to a facility?

Answer 2

An inate is assigned a computer generated number that they keep throughout confinement.

Question 3

Inactive health records are retained for how long?

Answer 3

30 years

Question 4

T/F: Inmate health records must be kept separately from any confinement records.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A risk management tool similar to the incident report process in hospitals is often used in correctional facilities. This formal administrative process whereby inmates may file complaints against a correctional facility for review by a panel is called:

Answer 5

grievance process

Question 6

What amendment to the U.S constitution protects prisioners rights?

Answer 6

The eighth amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, which means that prisons must provide a minimum standard of living for prisoners.

Question 7

What landmark case created a right to health care foro inmates?

Answer 7

Estelle vs. Gamble