Prisons, Jails, Community Corrections Flashcards
What is the difference between a jail facility and a prison facility?
Jails hold people awaiting trial or serving short sentences, while prisons house those convicted of more serious crimes serving longer sentences.
What types of security levels are used in Correctional facilities?
Common security levels in correctional facilities include minimum, low, medium, high, and administrative.
What is a security threat group and give me three examples of security threat groups?
A formal or informal group of prison inmates, also known as prison gangs. Examples of security threat groups include the Aryan Brotherhood, Bloods, and Crips.
What types of programs are offered to help rehabilitate prisoners?
They often include educational, vocational, and therapeutic services to address various needs, such as substance abuse, mental health issues, and job skills development.
What is the deprivation model of prisoner conduct?
Suggests that prison conditions themselves cause inmate aggression and misconduct.
What is prisoner reentry and the several reentry programs included?
Refers to the process of helping formerly incarcerated individuals transition back into society, often including programs like job training, housing assistance, and mental health services to reduce recidivism.
What is the difference between probation and parole?
Probation is a sentence served in the community instead of jail, while parole is an early release from prison with supervision.
What is solitary confinement and when is it used?
Solitary confinement is the isolation of an inmate in a single cell for 22 to 24 hours a day, used for punishment, protection, or administrative reasons.
What type of offenders are confined at ADX?
ADX houses some of the most dangerous and high-profile criminals in the United States.
What does the three dot prison tattoo mean?
Means risk taker (or my crazy life, “mi vida loca”)
What does the teardrop prison tattoo mean?
Often symbolizes a life sentence or the murder of another inmate {or person(s)}.
What does the prison tattoo of a clock without hands mean?
Signifies a long prison sentence.
What does the playing cards prison tattoo mean?
Often symbolizes a life of crime or a desire for freedom.
What does the 1488 prison tattoo mean?
It’s a white supremacist symbol. The number 14 represents the 14 Words, a white supremacist slogan, and the number 88 represents “Heil Hitler.”
