Corrections Quiz 5 (Ch 12-13)

Front 1

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.

Back 1

True

Front 2

Which of the following is NOT true regarding inmate movements within a prison?

Back 2

Inmates move individually in a prison, with at least one staff person walking with them from one point to another.

Front 3

T/F: Prison work and program assignments are an important part of the normal routine of the prison day.

Back 3

True

Front 4

What is the style of supervision by staff who are not responsible for inmates, but can still see their movements or activities?

Back 4

Casual

Front 5

Which of the following teams has the principal role of opening lines of communication between staff and hostage-takers?

Back 5

Hostage negotiation team

Front 6

Prisons use special housing units to perform which of the following activities?

Back 6

To separate unruly inmates or inmates at risk.

Front 7

T/F: A special emergency response team is trained in the use of lethal force when all else fails to resolve an emergency situation.

Back 7

True

Front 8

Which of the following is done at any time, freezing inmates at whatever location they are in?

Back 8

Random Count

Front 9

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.

Back 9

False

Front 10

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.

Back 10

False

Front 11

T/F: Post orders and general policies both spell out how to do prison activities.

Back 11

False

Front 12

T/F: Federal courts have always been involved in correctional management issues.

Back 12

False

Front 13

T/F: Wardens cannot be the substantive experts on everything that goes on in the prison.

Back 13

True

Front 14

T/F: Administrators, medical persons, and counselors make up 60 percent of prison staff.

Back 14

False

Front 15

Which best describes the culture of Stateville Penitentiary under Warden Joseph Ragen?

Back 15

Autocratic

Front 16

T/F: Positive recognition and good pay have often been the incentives that motivated people to take jobs as correctional officers.

Back 16

False

Front 17

Correctional officers and supervisors make up approximately what percentage of all staff in state and federal prisons?

Back 17

50-60%

Front 18

What position is most critical to the day to day management of a prison?

Back 18

Correctional Officer

Front 19

Which of the following is considered a benefit of having women as correctional officers?

Back 19

Female supervisory styles have a calming influence on the prison.

Front 20

At what point in the staff-inmate culture continuum does staff demand compliance from inmates through threats and intimidation?

Back 20

Authoritarian