Chapter 11 Flashcards
(9 cards)
In the second half of the 1800’s the progressive movement introduced the ______ model of prison management, which focused on rehabilitation rather than punishment.
Medical
The ________ (also known as superintendent ) is at the top of prisons command structure
Warden
Using a process called ________, prison administrators determine which correctional facility provides the best “fit” for the offender, based mostly on security concerns
Classification
Offenders who have been convicted of a violent crimes and repeated offenders are likely to be sent to ___________ - security prisons
Medium
If a prisoner assaults another prisoner or a correctional officer prison officials may decide to transfer that prisoner to a _________ prison designed to hold the “worst of the worst”
Supermax
Double the number of _________ offenders are in federal prison today then was the case two decades ago due in large part to increased federal prosecution and incarceration of drug offenders
Drug
Many states are adopting strategies of _________ designed to reduce their inmate population and the costs associated with their corrections system
Decaraceration
Many officials often feel pressure to said inmates to private prisons to alleviate ________ of public correctional facilities
Overcrowding
Rather than having been convicted of any crime a significant number of jail inmates are _____________ who are an unable to post bail.
Retrial detainess