IYKYK
Legally Speaking
In-and-Out
Know Your Stuff
By The Numbers
100
This federal executive department is tasked with the enforcement of federal law and the administration of justice in the United States
What is Department of Justice (DoJ)?
100
This government decision allows a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction
What is a pardon?
100
This is the first action taken in the legal system, often indicating a person has committed a crime
What is arrest?
100
On a mission to transform inmates and executives by unlocking human potential through entrepreneurial passion, education, and mentoring, the Prisoner Entrepreneurship Program was founded in this year
What is 2004?
100
Incarceration rates are determined per this amount of people
What is 100,000?
200
This federal law enforcement agency, under the Department of Justice, is responsible for the care, custody, and control of incarcerated individuals
What is the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BoP)?
200
Among other cases, this type of court has original jurisdiction to hear felony criminal cases
What is district court?
200
Considered a serious crime and is usually punishable by at least one year in prison
What is a felony?
200
Originally focused on youth in urban public schools and afterschool outlets, the One Heart Project was founded in this year
What is 1997?
200
This percentage of people recently released from prison report struggling with food insecurity
What is 91%?
300
This agency focuses on crime prevention through research and development, assistance to state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies, including law enforcement, corrections, and juvenile justice through grants and assistance to crime victims
What is the Office of Justice Programs (OJP)?
300
This bipartisan legislation passed by the 115th Congress was previously known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act
What is the First Step Act?
300
This act occurs by a defendant following the judge's reading of the charges against them during an arraignment
What is enter a plea?
300
Prior to graduation, PEP students will partake in this event which is modeled after similar events held at universities across the nation
What is a Business Plan Competition?
300
As of 2018, this state ranks as having the 5th highest incarceration rate (529) following, the United States (639), El Salvador (566), Turkmenistan (552), and Thailand (549)
What is Texas?
400
A subset of the Department of Justice, the mission of this group is to "provide national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to youth delinquency and victimization"
What is the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)?
400
Accompanied by a blindfold, scales, and sword this figure is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems
What is Lady Justice?
400
If convicted, a person could end up at three types of facilities: a county jail, prison, or ________
What is state jail?
400
Based on true events, the One Heart movie tells the story of the players and coaches from this North-Texas school and the impact received from a simple act of kindness
What is the Gainesville State School?
400
The objective of this agency is to "collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government"
What is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)?
500
The guidelines of this independent agency are used across the country in each of the 94 judicial districts and 12 circuit courts
What is the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC)?
500
Passed in 2018, this legislation permits the Attorney General "shall make grants to States, local governments, territories, or Indian tribes in partnership with interested people, service providers, and non-profit organizations for the purpose of strategic planning and implementation of adult and juvenile offender reentry projects"
What is the Second Chance (Reauthorization) Act?
500
This is awarded by the BoP as a reward for following prison rules and staying out of trouble
What is Good Time Credit?
500
Bryan Kelley has been involved with PEP since 2007 and currently serves as the Chief ________ Officer, as they call it
What is Empowerment?
500
As of November 2018, this state had the highest cost of a 15-minute phone call from jail ($24.82) and prison ($4.80)
What is Arkansas?