Prisoners and Jails CH 13

Which criminal code forbade the use of torture and mutilation as forms of punishment?
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Which criminal code forbade the use of torture and mutilation as forms of punishment?
Great Law
Great Law
was based on Quaker ideals of humanity and rehabilitation and was adopted in Pennsylvania in 1682.
penitentiary
is an early form of correctional facility that separated inmates from each other and society.
In the nineteenth century, which systems emerged as an effective way to run a prison?
New York System
Pennsylvania System
What are the general models of prisons that have emerged in modern society?
Rehabilitation model
Custodial model
Reintegration model
The United States has a dual prison system that parallels its dual court system. What are the systems?
Federal corrections systems
The sound governing of correctional facilities can be seen as a matter of which things?
Services
Amenities
Order
Classification
process evaluates an inmate's mental, physical, and security needs to help determine which correctional facility they should be remanded to.
What broad criteria do prison administrators rely on for classification purposes?
The seriousness of the crime committed
The need for treatment and rehabilitation programs
The risk of future criminal or violent conduct
CustodyLevel
After the completion of the classification process, an inmate is assigned a
Correctional facilities are assigned certain security levels. What are the security levels?Medium Maximum Minimum SupermaximumWhat are the reasons it is claimed that private prisons can be run more cheaply and efficiently than public prisons?Labor costs Competitive bidding Less red tapepretrial detaineesare individuals who have been arrested and are unable to post bond.Time servedis the period of time a person denied bail (or unable to pay it) has spent in jail prior to their trial.Fee systemWhat principle do many jails operate on to cover the daily costs?The podular design enables a new-generation jail to be managed using aDirect Supervison ApproachIncreasing options for pretrial release and speeding up trials so that detainees do not need to spend as much time waiting in jail for court proceedings to begin are two possible solutions to do what?Alleviate jail overcrowdingis a type of jail that is distinguished architecturally from its predecessors by a design that encourages interaction between inmates and jailers and that offers greater opportunities for treatment.A new-generation jailThe vast majority of jails are managed on what government level?Country LevelWhat is usually the first contact that citizens have with the corrections system?JailWhat type of correctional facilities are operated by private corporations instead of the government and are therefore reliant on profits for survival?Private prisonsDecreasing the probability that nonviolent offenders will be sentenced to prison, increasing the rate of release of nonviolent offenders from prison, and decreasing the rate of imprisonment for probation and parole violators are three methods of what?DecarcerationIn supermax prisons operate in a state of perpetual what, which confines inmates to their cells with no social activities or treatment programs?LockdownWhen an offender is charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison, it is known as what kind of admission?Front -endWhich prison design has inmates separated from one another in their cells on the spokes of a wheel, and prison officials can control the activities of the inmates from the control center in the hub of the wheel?Radial designWhich condition is brought on by long periods of isolation in cells?Supermax syndromeWhat kind of management structure do most prisons in the United States operate under?AuthoritarianWho is responsible for the operation of a prison?WardenWhich style of correctional facility has been used in juvenile and women's facilities?Campus-styleThe adoption of the "Great Law" in Pennsylvania in 1682 forbade the use of torture and mutilation as forms of punishment. What happened to felons?They had to pay restitution to their victims.At the time of the American Revolution, which group was instrumental in pushing incarceration from punishment to rehabilitation?Quakers