Prisons and Jails MCQs
Prisons and Jails MCQs
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1: The availability of funds in an inmate’s commissary account is considered a status symbol behind bars.
A. True
B. False
2: Racial disproportionality exists when inmates of colors are underrepresented in the prison population, compared with their representation in society in general.
A. True
B. False
3: The management of jails and prisons composes a significant part of state and federal correctional budgets.
A. True
B. False
4: It was once the prevailing legal philosophy that prisoners forfeited their constitutional rights as a consequence of their crimes.
A. True
B. False
5: Data shows that inmates who identified as bisexual and homosexual were more likely to be victimized than heterosexual inmates.
A. True
B. False
6: Most correctional facilities require more than a high school diploma for entry-level positions.
A. True
B. False
7: Which of the following was identified as one of the top five greatest expenditures for correctional institutions?
A. Educational programming
B. Medical care
C. Safety training
D. Food and clothing
8: In which of the following cases did the Supreme Court hold that prisoners do have the right to due process in disciplinary hearings?
A. Batson v. Kentucky
B. Cooper v. Pate
C. Wolff v. McDonald
D. Brown v. Plata
9: Which of the following was identified as one of the preferred forms of punishment for much of history?
A. Rehabilitation
B. Physical labor
C. Probation
D. Incarceration
10: Prison gangs are primarily involved in the which of the following underground markets?
A. Weapons
B. Drugs
C. Alcohol
D. Money laundering
11: Inmates requiring a high security level are referred to as trusty.
A. True
B. False
12: After two correctional officers were murdered by inmates in Marion Illinois in 1983, the prison went on “permanent lockdown” and became the first ______.
A. Supermax prison
B. Correctional complex
C. Federal penitentiary
D. High-security prison
13: Incarceration rates have risen slightly since 2008 due to sharp increases in violent and property crime rates.
A. True
B. False
14: In 2011, an unemployed man named Richard Verone robbed a North Carolina bank for $1. He later admitted that he hoped for a 3-year prison sentence so that he could get free health care to deal with his multiple health issues. For Verone, incarceration represented which of the following?
A. An increased standard of living
B. An unplanned consequence
C. A horrible punishment
D. A strong deterrent
15: What are the purposes of unit management?
A. Decrease trauma and enhance vocational training
B. Decrease recidivism and increase rehabilitation
C. Decentralize administration and enhance communication
D. Increase financial incentives for staff and decrease conflict for inmates
16: In what year was the Federal Bureau of Prisons established?
A. 1927
B. 1930
C. 1975
D. 1983
17: Which correctional philosophy emphasizes the rehabilitation of inmates?
A. Custodial
B. New generation
C. Treatment
D. Physical restraint
18: Some researchers argue that supermax facilities are less______.
A. Likely to have property damage
B. Likely to experience personal injuries
C. Costly to maintain
D. Effective at reducing violence within the general population
19: Supermax prisons would reflect which of the following characteristics?
A. Exercise
B. Contemplation
C. Socialization
D. Isolation
20: Low security prisons would reflect which of the following characteristics?
A. Limited or no perimeter fencing
B. Mostly cell-type housing
C. Mostly dormitory or cubicle housing
D. Double fencing with electronic detection systems
21: A custodial organization emphasizes the caretaker functions of controlling and observing inmates.
A. True
B. False
22: Long-term holding facilities designed to house felony offenders sentenced to 1 year or more are known as ______.
A. Jails
B. Quarantines
C. Asylums
D. Prisons
23: The prison classification category that takes into consideration the number and types of architectural barriers that must be placed between inmates and the outside world is known as ______.
A. Security
B. Custody
C. Housing
D. Program
24: Correctional staff must make classification decisions in at least two areas: the inmate’s level of physical restraint or security level.
A. True
B. False
25: Prisons are most concerned with the security threat connected with inmates obtaining possession of which technology?
A. Cell phones
B. Stun devices
C. Digital media players
D. Laptop computers
26: _____ is known as An inmate security and treatment plan based on one’s security, social, vocational, psychological, and educational needs while incarcerated.
A. Classification (of inmates)
B. Abuse of authority
C. Occupational deviance
D. All of these
27: Is classification (of inmates) An inmate security and treatment plan based on one’s security, social, vocational, psychological, and educational needs while incarcerated?
A. True
B. False
28: _____ is a facility that holds persons who have been arrested for crimes and are awaiting trial, persons who have been convicted for misdemeanors and are serving a sentence (up to a year in jail), federal offenders, and others.
A. Jail
B. Criminal Justice Flow And Process
C. Ernesto warnings
D. All of these
29: _____ is defined as a term generally referring to what is perceived as the United States’s disproportionately high rates of imprisonment of young African American men; some believe it deters crime and incapacitates offenders, while others say that it weakens poor families and keeps them socially marginalized.
A. Mass incarceration
B. Unjust
C. Both
D. None of these
30: _____ is known as a jail that, by its architecture and design, eliminates many of the traditional features of a jail, allowing staff members greater interaction and control.
A. New generation/direct supervision jail
B. Direct
C. All of these
D. None of these
31: Is prison a state or federal facility housing long-term offenders, typically felons, for a period greater than one year?
A. True
B. False
32: _____ is use of prison and jail inmates to produce goods or provide services for a public agency or private corporation.
A. Prison industries
B. Judge
C. Prosecutor
D. All of these
33: _____ is defined as the operation of existing prison facilities, or the building and operation of new prisons, by for-profit companies.
A. Privatization
B. Foster homes
C. Halfway houses
D. All of these
34: _____ is known as a correctional facility that houses convicted felons.
A. State prison
B. Analysis
C. Assessment
D. All of these
35: Is supermax prison a penal institution that, for security purposes, affords inmates very few, if any, amenities and a great amount of isolation?
A. True
B. False
36: _____ is the chief administrator of a federal penitentiary or state prison.
A. Warden
B. Community Era
C. Developing a plan for Alexander before he is released from custody
D. None of these
37: _____ is known as a facility that is designed to house individuals for a period of time as a form of punishment for breaking the law.
A. Prison
B. Department of Homeland Security
C. Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM)
D. All of these
38: Is jail correctional facility that is used to hold people until their punishments are carried out. Also used to incarcerate misdemeanor offenders and may offer specialized programs?
A. True
B. False
39: _____ is an early model of prison that focused on solitary confinement, silence, and work in cells.
A. Pennsylvania System
B. Parole was believed to be useful for enforcing prison discipline
C. Parole would control community crime by getting more offenders off the streets
D. None of these
40: _____ is defined as the first penitentiary designed within the Pennsylvania system model.
A. Eastern State Penitentiary
B. Day Reporting Center
C. It has a lot deterrent value.
D. All of these
41: _____ is known as used the system of silence that was popular in the Pennsylvania system but adopted congregate labor systems.
A. New York System
B. August Vollmer
C. John Augustus
D. None of these
42: Is auburn Prison the first facility under the New York model?
A. True
B. False
43: _____ is form of labor first used in the New York model that organized prison labor as a group process.
A. Congregate Labor Systems
B. American Samoa
C. The U.S. Virgin Islands
D. All of these
44: _____ is defined as emerged in 1876 in response to concerns that the penitentiary was unsuccessful.
A. Reformatory Era
B. Unbound to social institutions
C. Inherently bad
D. None of these
45: _____ is known as the first facility founded during the reformatory era.
A. Elmira Reformatory
B. Hands
C. Ears
D. All of these
46: Is good Time Credits allow inmates to earn time off of their sentence for good behavior?
A. True
B. False
47: _____ is period between 1900 and 1940 when corporal punishment and prison labor were used to punish offenders.
A. Punishment Era
B. Deadlock
C. Deterrence
D. All of these
48: _____ is defined as prisons used to hold offenders convicted of state criminal law violations
A. State Prisons
B. Felony
C. Crime against property
D. All of these
49: _____ is known as prison facilities used to hold offenders convicted of federal crimes.
A. Federal Prisons
B. Domestic terrorism
C. Cyber terrorism
D. None of these
50: Is private Prisons prisons that are used to house inmates when bed space is unavailable in state or federal facilities?
A. True
B. False
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