Exam 14: Behind Bars the Life of an Inmate

These officers spend their entire shifts,which usually last eight hours,in isolated,silent posts high above the grounds of the facility.

In which case did the U.S.Supreme Court rule that extreme overcrowding was incompatible "with the concept of human dignity?"

An inmate's assimilation into the prison culture is known as

Compared with men's prisons,women's prisons have extremely levels of race­based,gang­related physical aggression.

When a parolee commits a technical violation,parole authorities must initiate revocation proceedings to return the offender to prison.

A is a temporary release from a prison for purposes of vocational or educational training,to ease the shock of release,or for personal reasons.

The attacks described in the preface were most likely conducted by which category of prisoner?

Prisons are considered to be "total" institutions.

Employees who supervise cell blocks containing as many as four hundred inmates,as well as the correctional officers on block guard duty are called

Lee Correctional Institution was severely understaffed at the times of the attacks,suggesting a failure in the concept.

Most states rely on parole boards to evaluate an inmate for conditional release or parole.

The unwritten judicial policy which favors noninterference by the courts in the administration of prisons and jails is the .

is the practice of separating inmates based on a certain characteristic,such as age,gender,type of crime committed,or race.

What might be a likely reason(s)for the incidence of violence described in this preface?

A number of states have passed civil confinement laws,which allow corrections officials to

Adaptive inmate behavior patterns observed in the prison environment are

The is the body of appointed civilians that decides if an inmate should be granted conditional release.

Inmates develop their own ,or language.

A is a group of inmates who band together within the corrections system to engage in social and criminal activities.

The attitude of corrections personnel to the serving of nutrloaf in prisons would best be described in legal terms as