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

The appointed administrator model of jail management differs from the traditional elected sheriff model of operating jails in terms of the fact that the appointed administrator is responsible for:

Use the following answer options for the next series of questions: -Individual housing units surround an open area.

In recent years, the number of U.S. jails has been:

Officers communicate with inmates through an intercom in:

The systematic grouping of inmates into categories based on shared characteristics and/or behavior patterns describes the process of:

In a correctional facility such as a jail, classification primarily functions to promote safety and security.

Jails generally have authority to confine those who are bail/bond violators.

Jails generally have authority to confine those who are serving short sentences, (expressed in months)

. . . those who have been booked from those who have not.

With relatively few exceptions, most jails are financed and operated at the __________ level of government. Select the option that makes this statement true when placed in the blank:

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

Verbal interaction with the inmates is maximized occur in:

Jails have authority to confine:

Use the following answer options for the next series of questions: -Officers intermittently patrol the walkways outside of the cellblocks.

During intake, a newly-admitted inmate in jail is:

A sizeable percentage of those in jail are mentally ill because:

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

By marking True or False, indicate whether jails generally have authority to confine those who are . . . -. . . felons.

Use the following answer options for the next series of questions: -Services such as meals, showers, phones, and visits are provided directly in the living unit.

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