Exam 5: Jails: Pretrial Detention and Short-Term Confinement

The most often-heard criticism of direct-supervision jails is that they:

. . . adults from juveniles.

By marking True or False, indicate whether jails generally have authority to confine those who are . . . -. . . serving short sentences (expressed in months).

The management style of direct-supervision jails is best described as:

In response to critics of direct supervision jails, it has been noted that:

During intake, a newly admitted inmate in jail is:

Jails generally have authority to confine those who are waiting to be transferred to prison.

Use the following answer options for the next series of questions: -There are no bars, and no barriers separate officers from the inmates.

In comparison to traditional facilities, the construction and operating costs of direct supervision jails tend to be:

To the extent that the above-mentioned cause of death is a significant problem in jails, it is largely because:

It has been said that "You can't run a new-generation facility with an old-generation management style," which means that moving to new-generation jailing requires:

Jails can best be described as facilities that generally have authority to hold inmates for:

Jails generally have authority to confine those who are convicted but not yet sentenced.

In comparison to traditional facilities, the construction and operating costs of direct-supervision jails tend to be:

Inmate housing surrounds a secure control booth, from which officers can see directly into the housing unit. This can be found in:

Direct supervision jails are based on the underlying philosophy that inmates in jail:

Jails generally have authority to confine those who are serving time in maximum security on death row.

Classification in jail mainly refers to categorizing inmates according to whether they are habitual offenders and therefore likely to recidivate.

Classification has been used throughout the history of jails, beginning with their early English origins.

A jail's rated capacity is determined by expert judgment.