CJS 255 Wk 2 - Concept Check 

1. Question 1

A special closed-custody unit was designed at ______ to house the BOP’s worst inmates.

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1.  

Pelican Bay

2.  

USP Marion

3.  

USP Florence

4.  

Sing Sing

2. Question 2

______ are underpaid in relation to other law enforcement officers.

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State police troopers

2.  

County correctional officers

3.  

County sheriff’s deputies

4.  

State appointed lawyers

3. Question 3

Which is not a component of perimeter security?

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lighting

2.  

alarm systems

3.  

touch control panels

4.  

razor wire

4. Question 4

The first true federal ______ facility was built in Florence, Colorado.

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medium

2.  

supermax

3.  

minimum

4.  

maximum

5. Question 5

In the United States, the concept of “innocent until proven guilty” creates many problems for local jails. Which portion of the jail population is in direct conflict with the presumption of innocence?

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persons awaiting transfer to state correctional facilities

2.  

individuals being held for military tribunal

3.  

inmates awaiting transfer to another federal correctional facility

4.  

pretrial detainees

6. Question 6

Which style of prison has linear cell blocks interconnected around a central enclosed space?

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campus style

2.  

courtyard style

3.  

telephone style

4.  

cluster style

7. Question 7

This security facility design is in many respects, not even prisons as envisioned by most of the public.

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minimum-security facility design

2.  

direct supervision design

3.  

maximum-security design

4.  

medium-security facility design

8. Question 8

This design intends to allow the staff to supervise the inmate population while negating the ability of predatory inmates to control a cell block or dormitory.

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indirect-supervision jails

2.  

sharp-supervision jails

3.  

solitary confinement jails

4.  

direct-supervision jails

9. Question 9

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), ______ are defined as “locally-operated correctional facilities that confine persons before or after adjudication. Inmates who are incarcerated have a sentence of a year or less, but the facility also incarcerates people in a wide variety of other categories.”

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day reporting centers

2.  

jails

3.  

prisons

4.  

mental institutions

10. Question 10

Individuals cycling in and out of the facility, large number of persons with mental disturbances, and homeless inmate are issues commonly facing ______.

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rural prisons

2.  

metropolitan jails

3.  

rural jails

4.  

parole boards

11. Question 11

The use and operation of jail facilities can be traced back to ______.

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Spain

2.  

France

3.  

Russia

4.  

England

12. Question 12

A prison’s _____ security system is, ideally, a collection of components or elements that, when assembled in a carefully formulated configuration, achieve the objective of confinement with a high degree of confidence.

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outside

2.  

inside

3.  

perimeter

4.  

internal

13. Question 13

The ______ was designed to allow security personnel to clearly observe all inmates without the inmates themselves being able to tell whether they were being watched.

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prison

2.  

incarceration

3.  

panopticon

4.  

jail

14. Question 14

The newer prison construction during the past 40–50 years has consisted of this facility type of design.

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minimum-security facility

2.  

maximum-security facility

3.  

medium-security facility

4.  

supermax-security facility

15. Question 15

Requirements of the ______ are used to guide agencies and training facilities in a number of states toward ensuring that jail officers have the requisite skills needed to perform their job assignment(s).

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1.  

Jail Training Standards (JTS)

2.  

Peace Officer Review (POR)

3.  

Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)

4.  

Jailer Official Review (JOR)

16. Question 16

This system provides all the information needed to manage data and processes for jails of any size or complexity.

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1.  

SENTRY

2.  

Smart Sense

3.  

SmartJAIL

4.  

CCTV

17. Question 17

Most jails are operated by ______.

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state-level law enforcement

2.  

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

3.  

bureau of prisons (BOP)

4.  

county-level law enforcement

18. Question 18

Which is not a term for supermax facilities?

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maximum-security facility

2.  

extended confinement units

3.  

Marion model

4.  

special housing units

19. Question 19

Which style of prison has a number of individual buildings that are not connected?

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telephone style

2.  

Auburn/Sing Sing style

3.  

Pennsylvania style

4.  

campus style

20. Question 20

Work that individuals conduct in the hope of repaying their debt to society after being found at fault for committing a criminal or deviant offense is known as ______.

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weekend confinement

2.  

community service

3.  

split sentence

4.  

shock incarceration