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Chapter 13: The Inmates’ World: The “Keepers” and the “Kept”
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1. Steve is serving a 5-year prison term for burglary. Every movement he makes in the prison must be approved by prison staff; his day is strictly regimented. This would be considered which “pain of imprisonment” as described by Sykes?
A. deprivation of self
B. deprivation of liberty
C. deprivation of autonomy
D. deprivation of security
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. The process by which an inmate acclimates to the values and culture of the prison is called ______.
A. period of adjustment
B. prisonization
C. assimilation
D. institutionalization
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. In inmate culture, which of the following statements embodies the unwritten norm of “don’t be a sucker”?
A. don’t trust the custodians
B. don’t weaken
C. don’t quarrel with fellow inmates
D. don’t exploit other inmates
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Under the prison inmates’ informal rules, what does it mean to “play it cool”?
A. don’t quarrel with other inmates
B. don’t complain about frustrations
C. don’t interfere with other inmates’ interests
D. don’t exploit other inmates
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. When an offender is incarcerated, they must adjust to the prison’s subcultural norms. What is this process known as?
A. deprivation
B. incarceration
C. prisonization
D. liberation
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Pains of imprisonment include each of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. deprivation of liberty
B. deprivation of power
C. deprivation of goods and services
D. deprivation of security
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Which pain of imprisonment represents a “deliberate, moral rejection of the criminal by a free society”?
A. deprivation of liberty
B. deprivation of goods and services
C. deprivation of heterosexual relationships
D. deprivation of autonomy
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Who described the pains of imprisonment?
A. Gresham Sykes
B. Sir Walter Peel
C. Walter Compte
D. John Augustus
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Deprivation of ______ occurs due to inmates not being able to make decisions for themselves about the most basic tasks.
A. security
B. leadership
C. relationships
D. autonomy
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Why would male prisoners be in danger of becoming “half complete” as a result of being deprived of heterosexual relationships?
A. because men’s self-concept is tied to their sexuality
B. because they will be victims of sexual assault during the course of their incarceration
C. because they will miss their significant other
D. because they are more likely to commit acts of violence
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Marie is distressed that she cannot decide when to eat or sleep. Which “pain of imprisonment” is she experiencing?
A. deprivation of liberty
B. deprivation of autonomy
C. deprivation of security
D. deprivation of goods and services
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Hard
12. Herman, an inmate in Cell Block D, regularly started fights with other inmates, and seemed to thrive on the conflict. Which of the informal norms identified by Sykes and Messinger is Herman violating, as described in prison language?
A. don’t be a sucker
B. be a man
C. play it cool
D. don’t be a rat
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. A new inmate joins a gang in order to gain protection after being threatened. Joining a gang is the inmate’s reaction to which “pain of imprisonment”?
A. deprivation of liberty
B. deprivation of goods and services
C. deprivation of autonomy
D. deprivation of security
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Hard
14. Jolene has been imprisoned for six years. Due to the distance from home, Jolene is not able to see her daughter often. Her daughter was barely a teenager when Jolene was first incarcerated, and now she barely has a relationship with the adult her daughter has become. What “pain of imprisonment” is Jolene experiencing?
A. deprivation of liberty
B. deprivation of goods and services
C. deprivation of autonomy
D. deprivation of security
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Hard
15. Which “pain of imprisonment” may actually be seen as a lifestyle improvement by some inmates?
A. deprivation of autonomy
B. deprivation of security
C. deprivation of goods and services
D. deprivation of liberty
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Inmates in solitary confinement are incarcerated alone for about ______ hr per day.
A. 23
B. 15
C. 10
D. 5
Learning Objective: 13-2: Explain the conditions of regular and solitary confinement, particularly as found in supermax prisons.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Conditions of Confinement
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. If an inmate is in their cell for 23 hr of every day what form of imprisonment are they experiencing?
A. prisonization
B. relative deprivation
C. unconstitutional imprisonment
D. solitary confinement
Learning Objective: 13-2: Explain the conditions of regular and solitary confinement, particularly as found in supermax prisons.
Cognitive domain: Application
Answer location: Solitary Confinement: Use and Effects
Difficulty Level: Hard
18. Effects of long-term solitary confinement include each of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. paranoia
B. anxiety
C. calming effect
D. migraine headaches
Learning Objective: 13-2: Explain the conditions of regular and solitary confinement, particularly as found in supermax prisons.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Conditions of Confinement
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. What is notable about the Angola Three?
A. They were three correctional officers who were killed in Illinois, prompting the creation of the first supermax prison.
B. They are three inmates who spent between 29 and 40 years in solitary confinement, demonstrating that there is no limit on the length of time an inmate can spend in isolation.
C. They were three inmates denied the right to practice their faith behind bars, prompting a lawsuit that was eventually settled by the Supreme Court.
D. They were three correctional officers who were fired for sexually assaulting female prisoners in Louisiana’s Angola prison.
Learning Objective: 13-2: Explain the conditions of regular and solitary confinement, particularly as found in supermax prisons.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Conditions of Confinement
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. According to research, what type of damage is considered the most impactful for inmates in solitary confinement?
A. gastrointestinal
B. physical
C. physiological
D. psychological
Learning Objective: 13-2: Explain the conditions of regular and solitary confinement, particularly as found in supermax prisons.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conditions of Confinement
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Why is the role of correctional staff particularly important?
A. They are highly educated and trained for the role.
B. They provide the frontline supervision and control of inmates.
C. They document and report all incidents that occur in the facility.
D. They establish friendships and rapport with the inmates.
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. The four ranks of correctional officers include each of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. patrol
B. captain
C. lieutenant
D. sergeant
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
23. Which type of correctional officer is tasked with supervising the general well-being of inmates?
A. yard officers
B. cell block officers
C. wardens
D. tower guards
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
24. Responsibilities of captains in prisons often include which of the following?
A. reporting to the executive branch of government the status of the organization
B. frontline supervision of inmates
C. overseeing rank-and-file officers working in cell blocks
D. working with administrators in policy-making and disciplinary matters
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
25. Correctional officers who supervise the daily activities and general well-being of inmates in cell blocks are categorized as ______.
A. administrative officers
B. yard officers
C. cell block officers
D. work detail supervisors
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
26. Correctional officers who observe inmates in the prison yard while positioned in isolated posts high above the yard would be categorized as ______.
A. yard officers
B. field officers
C. tower guards
D. cell block officers
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
27. Incapacitation, rehabilitation, deterrence, and retribution are the four goals of ______.
A. training
B. fiscal responsibility
C. punishment
D. inmate litigation
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Joe Arpaio was the Maricopa County Sheriff from 1993 to 2016. One of the practices he was notorious for was setting up “Tent City,” where people convicted and sentenced were housed in the Arizona desert. Temperatures during the summer were measured as high as 145 degrees Fahrenheit inside the tents. Which of the following goals of punishment describes Sherriff Arpaio’s correctional philosophy?
A. deterrence
B. retribution
C. incapacitation
D. rehabilitation
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Hard
29. Which acronym describes a prison term similar to a “sixth sense” for correctional workers?
A. PLRA
B. PSI
C. JDLR
D. JJDP
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. Which of the following custodial staff would have the rank of captain?
A. Barbara is responsible for treating prisoners with health problems.
B. Bob is responsible for overseeing the prisoners who work on the kitchen staff.
C. Joseph usually spends his days focusing on the security and disciplinary aspects of the correctional facility.
D. Janice works with the prison administration to develop policies for the prison.
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Hard
31. How do correctional staff identify a suspicion that something may be wrong?
A. knowing when things just don't look right
B. discussing potential issues with inmates
C. waiting until a problem arises
D. viewing inmate activity on closed circuit cameras
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. Barbara is a yard officer. She notices that several inmates are banding together in groups by race, ethnicity, and gang affiliation. She alerts the rest of the staff that she is concerned that there may be problems brewing, and asks for additional staff to be sent to the yard. What was Barbara doing?
A. applying the correctional philosophy of deterrence
B. reading the yard
C. overreacting to normal inmate behavior
D. discriminating against certain ethnic groups
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. Jose’s main duty is to oversee the inmates working in the kitchen. What describes Jose’s position?
A. cell block officer
B. yard officer
C. work detail supervisor
D. tower guard
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. What has the state of Pennsylvania implemented to deal with inmate drug use?
A. using solitary confinement for inmates caught in possession of drugs
B. mandating substance abuse treatment for those who test positive for drugs
C. prosecuting inmates who test positive for drugs
D. prosecuting inmates caught in possession of drugs
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. When are inmates at the greatest risk of being victims of sexual violence?
A. between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m.
B. between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
C. between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
D. between 6 p.m. and midnight.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
36. Which of the following characteristics is commonly associated with inmates who sexually assault other inmates?
A. They are affiliated with a prison gang.
B. They are not known to the victim.
C. They are usually first-time perpetrators.
D. They usually suffer from extreme mental illness.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. The characteristic that most distinguishes female inmates from male inmates is ______.
A. more serious drug abuse issues than male inmates
B. concerns regarding their children because they are usually the primary caregivers
C. lower levels of education than male inmates
D. more violent gang affiliations than male inmates
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. Female prison inmates’ conflict and guilt resulting from the separation from their children is often referred to as ______.
A. pains of imprisonment
B. unfortunate incarceration
C. gender discrimination
D. parental conflict
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
39. Instead of forming gangs as male inmates tend to do, female prison inmates tend to do what?
A. isolate themselves
B. gang rape vulnerable female inmates
C. form mock families
D. squabble amongst themselves
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
40. Why is it that male correctional staff prefer to work in male institutions rather than female prisons?
A. Male inmates are considered more cooperative and respectful than female inmates.
B. Male inmates are seen as more of a challenge than female inmates.
C. There is more prestige in working at a male prison than a female prison.
D. Female inmates are more likely than male inmates to wrongfully accuse male staff of misconduct.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
41. Which of the following is true of geriatric inmates?
A. Their numbers are decreasing.
B. Many have chronic health problems.
C. They are in remarkably better shape than their counterparts on the outside.
D. They have higher suicide rates than their counterparts on the outside.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
42. What is the dual dilemma mentally ill inmates pose for correctional administrators?
A. They may be serving a long sentence but do not remember why.
B. They are often targeted by other inmates and need protection.
C. They are often confused and require more monitoring.
D. They are often violent and may be serving a long sentence.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
43. What are the three reasons prison gangs are formed?
A. survival, protection, and dominance
B. solidarity, protection, and power
C. dominance, solidarity, and companionship
D. protection, power, and dominance
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
44. Which of the following is true of prison gangs?
A. They are typically very highly organized.
B. They are structured along racial or ethnic lines.
C. They have more members than street gangs.
D. They are more powerful in federal prisons than state prisons.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
45. How are prison officials attempting to mitigate the problem of gangs within the institution?
A. Charging gang members with additional criminal complaints.
B. Placing greater restrictions on gang members.
C. Transferring gang leaders to other institutions.
D. Forcing the integration of different gang members.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
46. All of the following explain why numbers of elderly inmates increasing, EXCEPT ______.
A. “life without parole” sentencing
B. improved medical care
C. an increase in crimes committed by senior citizens
D. “three-strikes” laws
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
47. Because prison and jail administrators are rarely trained to deal with the mentally ill, what methods of control do they regularly employ to deal with mentally ill inmates?
A. solitary confinement
B. drug treatment programs
C. increasing prison sentences for disruptive inmates
D. transferring mentally ill inmates to specialized mental health facilities
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
48. What is the difference between digital body cavity searches and visual body cavity searches, according to the Supreme Court?
A. Visual body cavity searches can be conducted on visitors, while digital body cavity searches can only be conducted on inmates.
B. Reasonable suspicion is required before guards can conduct digital body cavity searches because of their more intrusive nature.
C. Visual body cavity searches are conducted any time an inmate is moved from one location to another.
D. Digital body cavity searches are only conducted the first time an inmate enters the correctional facility.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
49. Which Supreme Court case determined that prisons should only restrict the rights of prisoners if it was substantially related to a legitimate concern of the prison?
A. Cooper v. Pate
B. Jordan v. Gardner
C. Turner v. Safley
D. Ruffin v. Commonwealth
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
50. What is one factor that increases the rate of sexual coercion among inmate populations?
A. high numbers of prisoners incarcerated for drug offenses.
B. cell-type housing.
C. poorly trained correctional officers.
D. racial conflict within the facility.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
51. Why are prisons and jails sometimes referred to as America’s “new asylums”?
A. because in most correctional facilities, a majority of inmates will have some form of mental illness
B. because prison life causes an exponential increase in mental illness
C. because correctional officers are routinely trained as mental health practitioners
D. because jails and prisons all provide exceptional mental healthcare to incarcerated individuals
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
52. Which of the following is true of hostage-taking events?
A. Hostage-taking events usually come as a complete surprise to prison administrators.
B. They can be planned or impulsive.
C. Inmates and employees are the only people at risk of becoming a hostage.
D. Hostage-taking events rarely involve bloodshed.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
53. One study found that ______ account for at least half of all prison problems.
A. male inmates
B. drug addicts
C. prison gangs
D. rapists
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
54. What method has proven useful in reducing problems posed by gangs in prison?
A. attempting to accommodate gangs
B. increasing punishments for infractions if inmates are members of gangs
C. infiltrating gangs with undercover officers posing as inmates
D. segregating and isolating gang members
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
55. The longest prison hostage situation in American history lasted how many days?
A. 10 days
B. 15 days
C. 31 days
D. 100 days
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
56. Michael received drug treatment while in prison, and has just been paroled. He coordinates with a halfway house to help him find housing and employment and reconnect with family members. What process is Michael engaging in?
A. reintegration and reconnection
B. rehabilitation and parole supervision
C. reorientation and programming
D. reentry and aftercare
Learning Objective: 13-5: Describe some important measures that can be taken to assist with inmates’ reentry and aftercare.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Preparation for Reentry and Aftercare
Difficulty Level: Easy
57. What entity reviews the prisoner’s plans and progress, oversees their reentry, and ensures that they participate in transitional programs?
A. reentry courts
B. transition courts
C. drug courts
D. aftercare courts
Learning Objective: 13-5: Describe some important measures that can be taken to assist with inmates’ reentry and aftercare.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Preparation for Reentry and Aftercare
Difficulty Level: Easy
58. Why is it imperative for prisons to focus on providing correctional programming such as drug treatment and vocational training?
A. because it reduces costs to taxpayers
B. because it helps create jobs in the community
C. because it reduces the number of prisoners who reoffend and return to prison after their release
D. because it decreases boredom and positively impacts the mental health of prisoners while they are incarcerated
Learning Objective: 13-5: Describe some important measures that can be taken to assist with inmates’ reentry and aftercare.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Preparation for Reentry and Aftercare
Difficulty Level: Medium
59. What process involves providing services to, and supervision for, paroled inmates attempting to reintegrate into the community?
A. reintegration and restoration
B. reentry and aftercare
C. parole and probation
D. vocational training and mental healthcare
Learning Objective: 13-5: Describe some important measures that can be taken to assist with inmates’ reentry and aftercare.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Preparation for Reentry and Aftercare
Difficulty Level: Easy
60. The “hands-off” policy regarding prison administration refers to ______.
A. prison administrators giving line staff full discretion to carry out their jobs as needed
B. prohibitions against sexual activity with inmates
C. prohibitions against harming inmates in any way
D. the judiciary leaving all matters pertaining to the institution up to the warden
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy
61. In which court case did the Virginia Supreme Court argue that inmates were “slaves of the state” and had lost all rights of citizenship?
A. Johnson v. Avery
B. Cooper v. Pate
C. Ruffin v. Commonwealth
D. Wolf v. McDonnell
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy
62. How are Section 1983 lawsuits used?
A. for inmates seeking legal remedies regarding their confinement
B. for correctional staff seeking legal remedies against inmate attacks
C. to limit inmate lawsuits
D. to contest inadequate access to legal materials in prisons
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy
63. The phrase “deliberate indifference” refers to what practice in prisons?
A. failure to report inmates' violence against other correctional staff
B. failure to report other correctional staff for sexual violence against inmates
C. intentionally doing nothing when an inmate has been attacked
D. unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain on an inmate
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
64. What was a concern by judicial proponents of the “hands-off doctrine” regarding prisoner rights?
A. Decisions by justices not trained in penology could undermine the discipline of the prison.
B. Justices needed to ensure that prisoners suffered as retribution for their crimes.
C. Justices needed to recognize that the Constitution invalidated the rights of incarcerated persons.
D. Granting rights to prisoners could increase the likelihood of serious injury to correctional officers.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
65. In Bounds v. Smith, the Court found that prisoners have a right to access to adequate law libraries or assistance from people trained in the law. Which of the following is an example of an alternative method for providing this access?
A. providing state-funded attorneys for second and third appeals
B. requiring attorneys to provide free assistance in order to maintain their law license
C. training inmates as paralegals
D. training correctional officers as paralegals
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
66. Which judicial approach was influenced by the 13th Amendment, which states that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States . . .”?
A. The hands-on doctrine, which suggested that prisoners have constitutional rights.
B. The free-world doctrine, which believes that prisoners retain rights to carry on communications through mail.
C. The prisoners’-rights doctrine, which argues that prison inmates retain all the rights of free citizens except those which involve due process.
D. The hands-off doctrine, which argues that prisoners were “slaves of the state.”
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
67. Which of the following is a right granted to prisoners as a result of the Wolff v. McDonnell Supreme Court decision?
A. The right to freely practice their religion.
B. The right to have access to an adequate law library.
C. The right to call witnesses and to present documentary evidence in the inmate’s defense.
D. The right to obtain adequate medical care.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
68. The Supreme Court’s decision in ______ is significant because for the first time, the court acknowledged that inmates are entitled to certain due process rights during prison disciplinary proceedings.
A. Wolff v. McDonnell
B. Estelle v. Gamble
C. Procunier v. Martinez
D. Cruz v. Beto
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
69. Based on what you’ve learned in the chapter, which of the following individuals would be incarcerated in prison?
A. Vicky, who was sentenced to 7 months for theft.
B. Rachel, who was convicted of a misdemeanor.
C. Brenda, who is waiting for her court appearance but cannot afford to make bail.
D. Suzanne, pled guilty to drug charges as part of a plea deal, receiving a 2 year sentence.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive domain: Application
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Hard
70. Which Supreme Court decision asserted that there is “no iron curtain drawn between the Constitution and the prisons of this country”?
A. Wolff v. McDonnell
B. Estelle v. Gamble
C. Procunier v. Martinez
D. Cruz v. Beto
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy
True/False
1. If an inmate alleges that excessive force was used against them, courts will find in their favor if the inmate sustained serious injuries, even if the force was applied in good faith to restore order.
Learning Objective: 13-2: Explain the conditions of regular and solitary confinement, particularly as found in supermax prisons.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Conditions of Confinement
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Studies show that parolees who have taken advantage of prison-based correctional programming and aftercare programs have lower recidivism rates.
Learning Objective: 13-5: Describe some important measures that can be taken to assist with inmates’ reentry and aftercare.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Preparation for Reentry and Aftercare
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. The United States has the highest imprisonment rate in the world.
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Most prisons are said to provide inmates with a comfortable lifestyle.
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. The process of socialization and adjusting to prison’s subculture is referred to as prisonization.
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Of all sources of stress for correctional officers, they actually experience very little related to inmates; it is more related to stress from organizational factors such as unreasonable supervisors and low wages.
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. One of the first changes in viewing correctional staff in the 1970s was the adoption of the term “correctional officer” rather than “guard.”
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. The Pennsylvania plan established a zero-tolerance policy toward drug use in prisons and utilized prosecution of those inmates caught with drugs.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Among the dilemmas of housing mentally ill inmates is that they are often serving long sentences and are targeted by other inmates.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Gang membership is for life; inmates are expected to belong even after they are released from prison.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. Prison gangs account for at least half of all prison problems.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. The courts have always had a “hands-on” philosophy regarding prison administration, knowing that the deprivation of liberty is a profoundly important authority that might lead to abuses of power within penal institutions.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. The Supreme Court has ruled that prison inmates have a constitutional right to adequate law libraries or assistance to persons trained in the law.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. Prison inmates have no due process rights for internal prison disciplinary proceedings.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. One of the most stressful pains of imprisonment, as indicated by Sykes, is the deprivation of goods and services because inmates miss access to food, entertainment, and services they have available on the outside.
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
Short Answer
1. Distinguish between the purpose and environment of jails and prisons.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. What are the core responsibilities of correctional officers?
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. What are the four ranks into which correctional officers are typically divided?
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Identify the issues caused by inmate drug use that is such a concern to prison administrators.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Describe the pains of imprisonment that are unique to female inmates.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Describe the negative impact of prison gang members who return to the community.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. Explain the philosophy that an inmate is a “slave of the state.”
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Explain how the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled with regard to access to legal materials and assistance.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Discuss some of the due process rights given to prison inmates following the U.S. Supreme Court’s “Iron Curtain” speech.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. List the informal rules to which prisoners must adhere or bear the wrath of other inmates.
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Easy
Essay
1. Identify and describe some of the sources of stress for correctional staff.
Learning Objective: 13-3: Review the general duties of prison and jail staff members, particularly wardens and correctional officers.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Prison as Work
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Describe the security issues prison gangs pose within the institution.
Learning Objective: 13-4: Describe the unique challenges posed for prison governance by sexual violence, drugs, gangs, and riots, as well as by female, mentally ill and elderly inmates.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Issues of Prison Governance
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Explain the rationale behind the “hands-off” era of prison administration.
Learning Objective: 13-6: Describe several major federal court decisions that greatly expanded prisoners’ rights.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prisoners’ Constitutional Rights
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. Illustrate the process of prisonization inmates go through.
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Describe the five pains of imprisonment as indicated by Sykes.
Learning Objective: 13-1: Describe the deprivations, effects, and process of prisonization caused by places of confinement.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Nature of Incarceration
Difficulty Level: Medium
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