History of Prisons
An early form of correctional facility that emphasized separating inmates from society and from each other
What is a penitentiary?
Keep them in, keep them safe, keep them in line, keep them healthy and keep them busy - and do it with fairness, without undue suffering, and as efficiently as possible
What is the mission of a prison (according to Charles Logan)?
What is the process which prison officials use to determine which sort of facility best fits a convict?
What is "classification"?
What are most prisoners convicted of?
What are drug offenses?
Prisons run by private firms to make a profit
What are private prisons?
When and where was the first penitentiary opened?
Who is the prison official ultimately responsible for the organization and performance of a correctional facility?
Who is the warden?
Once a convict enters a prison, they are continually graded on what?
What is "behavior"?
increased probability of incarceration and inmates serving more time
What are 2 reasons for the rise in prison population?
What is the main incentive to privatize prisons?
What is financial?
Which early system was based on separate confinement?
What was the Pennsylvania system?
What is the absence of misconduct (such as murder and assault) in a prison?
What is "order"?
Where do the "worst of the worst" of America's incarcerated population live?
What are supermax prisons?
What are 2.7 million minors in this country experiencing?
What is having a parent in prison?
Safety concerns and philosophical concerns
What are 2 arguments against private prisons?
Which early system was based on the congregate system?
What was the New York system?
What are the comforts that make life liveable (clean living conditions and food)?
What are amenities?
What is a disciplinary action taken by prison officials in which all inmates are ordered to their quarters and nonessential prison activities are suspended?
What is a "lockdown"?
What do we call the reduction of inmate populations?
What is decarceration?
Why aren't pretrial detainees treated differently than convicted jail inmates?
What is too much of a burden on corrections officials?
What model of corrections attempted to identify and treat an inmate's criminal behavior?
What was the Medical Model?
What are the programs designed to improve an inmate's prospects on release (like vocational training, drug treatment, etc.)?
The seriousness of the crime, the risk of future criminal conduct, the need for treatment/rehabilitation programs
What are the 3 criteria for classification purposes?
More black men are behind bars than what?
What is than enrolled in the nations's colleges and universities?
What type of community correction has the greatest number of participants?
What is community service?