History & Foundations
Early prison system known as the “separate” or “isolate” system.
What is the Pennsylvania System?
This correctional goal is both reactive & proactive.
What is incapacitation?
Conditional release from incarceration under supervision after part of a sentence is served.
What is parole?
This gender’s imprisonment rate is growing faster
What female imprisonment rate?
Completion of punishment but return to crime.
What is recidivism?
“an eye for an eye.”
What is lex talionis?
Type of facility that hold individuals convicted of FBI Index Crimes.
What are State Prisons?
Leading type of correctional control.
What is probation?
Prison system frequently interacts with outside organizations & groups to obtain resources & accomplish goals
What is an open system?
Process by which someone stops committing crimes.
What is desistance?
Largely considered the first prison in the U.S.
What is the Walnut Street Jail?
Bureaucratic/political interests that encourage increased imprisonment spending.
What is the Prison Industrial Complex?
“father of probation.”
Who is John Augustus?
Type of correctional officer uses coercive authority, maintains social distance, & emphasizes toughness.
What is the Custodian?
Supreme Court case that reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
What is Gregg v. Georgia?
The oldest correctional component according to Seiter.
What is jail?
Era that followed the medical model.
What is the Rehabilitative Era?
First date someone may be considered for parole.
What is the Parole Eligibility Date?
Vertical hierarchy of authority within an organization.
What is the chain of command?
Another word for "Restricted Housing Unit, The Hole, or Ad Seg"
What is solitary confinement?
The era of incarceration that resulted in many riots.
What is the Period of Transition?
Large percentage of individuals in this correctional component are not convicted & presumed innocent
What is jail?
Pools of money for non-essential purchases that benefit the prison population.
What are Inmate Welfare Funds?
Causes of Racial Disparities in Corrections (Name All)
What are policies/practices, implicit bias, or structural disadvantages?
The most common measure of post-incarceration success (recidivism).
What is reincarceration?