Exam 12: The Prison Experience and Prisoner Reentry

An act of executive clemency that overturns a conviction and erases mention of the crime from the person's criminal record is referred to as:

Inmates have the same guaranteed rights as other Americans.

Prior to the 1970s, the courts applied the "hands­off" doctrine to prisoner law.

Violence by inmates is used to establish the prisoner hierarchy by separating the powerful from the weak.

Case 12-2 Officer Hernandez has been working for the correctional system for 5 years. As a custodial officer he has performed almost every job inside the prison walls. He is well respected by the inmates and his fellow officers. Officer Hernandez found out that there is an opportunity to be promoted. He studies for the exam and reviews all the policies and duties for the employees at the correctional institution. -During one of Sergeant Hernandez's daytime shifts, an inmate playing basketball in the yard collapses. The officers see him collapse and do not approach him. After 15 minutes the inmate gets up and complains to an officer that he has severe abdominal cramping and that he is very light-headed. Sergeant Hernandez makes the decision to deny the inmate's request for medical care. When the inmate returns to his cell, he collapses again, goes into cardiac arrest, and dies within 5 minutes. Which Supreme Court case ruled that it is a violation of an inmate's Eighth Amendment rights to deliberately fail to provide medical care?

Inmates who take advantage of prison resources, such as libraries or drug treatment programs, by are working to improve themselves to prepare for a return to society.

Discuss the six general job categories among correctional officers.

A______ is the disciplinarian of the prison, responsible for policing and transporting the inmates.

An inmate who is _____exists on the fringes of prison society.

Inmates who are working to improve themselves to prepare for a return to society are______ .

This is a release from prison that occurs when an offender has served the length of his or her sentence, with time taken off for good behavior.

_______are primarily administrators who deal directly with the warden on custodial issues.

Which would NOT be considered to be a reason for violent behavior in prisons?

Under which circumstances or "legitimate security interests" may correctional officers use force?

This is the conditional release of an inmate before his or her sentence has expired.

Why might an inmate become violent within prison today, as explored by the text?

Case 12-1 Matthew is the newest inmate to a maximum-security institution. He was sentenced to serve 20 years for the crime of armed robbery and attempted manslaughter. Matthew is anxious about going to prison. This is the first time he will serve time in prison. In the past he has only served short jail terms. -Six months into his prison sentence Matthew begins to feel frustrated because he has no freedom and he misses the items he was used to when he was out of prison, like his cell phone and his iPod. What theory would explain this inmate aggression?

____refers to a 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.

What is a total institution? Discuss how it applies within the prison culture.

The basic human necessities that correctional facilities are required by the Constitution to provide to inmates are___________________________.