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T/F: Inmates who need a separation of longer than 12 months from a prison's inmate population are either transferred to another prison or placed in a supermax facility. |
True |
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Which of the following is NOT true regarding inmate movements within a prison? |
Inmates move individually in a prison, with at least one staff person walking with them from one point to another. |
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T/F: Prison work and program assignments are an important part of the normal routine of the prison day. |
True |
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What is the style of supervision by staff who are not responsible for inmates, but can still see their movements or activities? |
Casual |
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Which of the following teams has the principal role of opening lines of communication between staff and hostage-takers? |
Hostage negotiation team |
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Prisons use special housing units to perform which of the following activities? |
To separate unruly inmates or inmates at risk. |
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T/F: A special emergency response team is trained in the use of lethal force when all else fails to resolve an emergency situation. |
True |
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Which of the following is done at any time, freezing inmates at whatever location they are in? |
Random Count |
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T/F: Prison staff do not waste a lot of time searching areas of the prison or shaking down inmates property to find contraband and deter its possession. |
False |
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T/F: Disciplinary segregation is a nonpunitive confinement in SHU used to house inmates whose continued presence in the general population may pose a serious threat to the security or orderly running of the prison. |
False |
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T/F: Post orders and general policies both spell out how to do prison activities. |
False |
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T/F: Federal courts have always been involved in correctional management issues. |
False |
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T/F: Wardens cannot be the substantive experts on everything that goes on in the prison. |
True |
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T/F: Administrators, medical persons, and counselors make up 60 percent of prison staff. |
False |
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Which best describes the culture of Stateville Penitentiary under Warden Joseph Ragen? |
Autocratic |
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T/F: Positive recognition and good pay have often been the incentives that motivated people to take jobs as correctional officers. |
False |
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Correctional officers and supervisors make up approximately what percentage of all staff in state and federal prisons? |
50-60% |
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What position is most critical to the day to day management of a prison? |
Correctional Officer |
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Which of the following is considered a benefit of having women as correctional officers? |
Female supervisory styles have a calming influence on the prison. |
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At what point in the staff-inmate culture continuum does staff demand compliance from inmates through threats and intimidation? |
Authoritarian |