Legal

Constitution Croissant

100

Three branches of government

Executive, Judicial, Legislative 

200

Written laws enacted by municipal or county government

Ordinances

300

Two main types of due process

Substantive and Procedural due process

400

Amendment that expands the Bill of Rights to states and local governments

14th Amendment

500

Clause that says state law can be more restrictive than federal law, but cannot undermine the Constitution

Supremacy Clause

Crime Time

100

Sentence when an inmate is extended for more than one year in a county facility 

Consecutive Sentence

200

Examples of a misdemeanor in a correctional facility

Simple Battery or Criminal Mischief

300

Any benefits gained or obtained by committing the crime

Fruits of a Crime

400

Elements of a crime (2)

proof that a crime has been committed

proof that the person being charged committed the crime

500

Documentation of everyone who handled evidence as well as when 

Chain of Custody 

Liability Larry

100

A civil wrong in which the action or inaction of a person or entity violates the rights of another person or entity

Tort 

200

Main categories of damages (2)

Bonus: What are they designed/intended to do?

Compensatory and Punitive

300

What is the United States Code that allows federal law to prohibit color of law?

(18 U.S.C. 242)

400

Protects public officials from being sued for damages unless they have violated a clearly established law of which a reasonable officer in their position would have known 

 Qualified Immunity 

500

Range of reasonable and foreseeable activities that an employee does while carrying out the employer's business

Acting within the scope of employment

What are my rights?

100

Amendments that apply to inmates

1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th 

200

Contraband is 

any unauthorized article foreign to a facility or any authorized article in excessive quantities or altered from its intended purpose

300

You are prohibited from asking for inmate's health information unless

It is pertinent to your job, necessary to protect yourself and others, or to assign work 

400

PREA stands for

Prison Rape Elimination Act

500

Methods would help you detect sexual abuse (5)

Familiarize yourself with your facility

Recognize members of vulnerable groups

Be alert to physical signs/emotional signs

Recognize unusual behavior from inmates

Use the Force

100

Two forms of resistance

Resistance to verbal commands 

Physical resistance

200

Case where Supreme Court decided that when determining excessive force, officers must apply force in good faith and an effort to maintain or restore disciple and not with malice or to cause harm

Hudson v. McMillian (1992)

300

Use of Force Statutes for Florida Correctional Officers

766.06 & 766.07

400

Where is use of force to prevent escape also addressed for private correctional officers in Florida Statutes

944.105 F.S.

500

Types of Penalties officer/agency could face due to excessive use of force (4)

Criminal, Civil, Civil Rights Violation, and Administrative