Exam 4 Flashcards
(36 cards)
Jails
Short-term confinement operated by a city or gov. holds people before trials and often holds misdemeanor offenders.
Prisons
Long term >1, operated by the state or federal government, holds convicted inmates and felony offenders.
Levels of Security
Pertain to what kind of custody designation the offender has within the prison.
Security Levels
Minimum, medium, max or supermax
judge that decides this
Minimum Security Prisons
Low-risk, nonviolent offenders, similar to school design
Medium Security Prisons
Both violent and nonviolent offenders. Can often get more privileges as time increases.
Maximum Security Prisons
Dangerous, high risk offenders. More restrictions on security and movement
Super-max Security Prisons
Worst of worst, 23h lockdown, 1h for exercise, cannot be trusted. No privileges, glass and phone calling, offenders can move down into more security.
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Sets prison policy for the federal facilities.
Prison Camps
Minimum security with dormitory, low ratio of staff to incarcerated, limited or no perimeter fencing, work and program oriented, adjacent to or on military camps, and serving on base or larger institution.
ADMAX
Only federal supermax facility in the country in Colorado, 95% of the most violent offenders in the U.S, disruptive and escape-prone persons housed from other federal prisons.
Administrative Facilities
Institutions with special missions, such as detention of convicted persons pretrial, chronic or mental problems, containment of completely dangerous people.
Classification
Types of security levels inside prison based on offense, gang affiliation, length of sentence. Prison decides where to put them.
Privitization of Jails
Operation of existing facilities in charge by private companies or a new prison by a for-profit company. May provide cost-effective/savings and address capacity issues.
New Generation Jails
Direct supervision jails, organized by pods with officer in direct supervision with interaction, safer to interact and less attacks for inmates and officers.
First Generation Jails
Linear jails, oldest jails still operating. Intermittent supervision of inmates -> officers not always on cell block.
Second Generation Jails
Podular jails instead of inmates in linear cells. Organized in pods with the officer in a control room with a view of the day room. Safer to keep inmates out of cells during the day.
Warden
Chief administrator of a federal penitentiary or state prison.
Deputy Warden
Reports to warden and supervises specific departments such as correctional security, unit management, disciplinary committee, recreation, library, mental health, drug and alcohol recovery, education, jobs, religious services, prison industries, administration, office, maintenance, laundry, food service, medical, farms, issuance of clothing.
Pains of Imprisonment
Losing liberty, Gersham Sykes, deprivation of liberty, goods & services, sexual intimacy, autonomy and security.
Prison Subculture
Inmate code, Skyes & Messinger: don’t interfere with others, don’t exploit inmates, don’t complain and don’t trust guards.
Prisonization
Process of becoming socialized into ways of prison “prisonized”. Losing identity of outside life and conforming to subculture
Total Institution
Places organized to protect the community against what are felt to be intentional dangers to it: Jail and penitentiaries. Hold every resource that may be needed in one place.
Inmate Code
Rules and values inside prisons, a social system.
