Supervising Special Populations
Questions With Correct Answers
Special Populations:
Groups of inmates who exhibit unique mental, physical, or social needs that distinguish
them from the general population.
Special population inmates include the following:
- members of gangs
- people with substance abuse issues
- people with mental illness or an intellectual disability
- people with long-term medical conditions or physical disabilities
- women
- the elderly
- juveniles
- people with gender issues
- inmates with special confinement or on death row
By nature, humans are social beings, even in a correctional setting, and tend to ...?
Gravitate toward people with similar beliefs and backgrounds.
,Inmate societies tend to form around:
- race
- religion
- medical needs
- geographical identity
- ethnicity
- cultural background
- socio-economic standing
S. 874.03, F.S.
A criminal gang is a formal or informal ongoing organization, association, or group.
Criminal gangs consist of ...?
Three or more people, who have a common name or common identifying signs, colors,
or symbols.
Criminal gangs include, but are not limited to ....?
Terrorist organizations and hate groups.
,Security threat group:
Is a criminal enterprise or organization of a continuing nature that engages repeatedly in
acts of crime individually or collectively, and poses a safety or security threat within, as
well as outside of, a correctional facility.
STG is a term officers use to ...?
Remove any glamour from being a member of a criminal gang and it diffuse the power
associated with being a "gang" member.
STGs can influence inmate populations and usually control the bulk of the contraband
flow because of their ...?
Strength in numbers.
STGs can commit the same crimes in the facility they commit outside of the facility,
such as:
- extortion
- gambling
- prostitution
- battery
- assault
- money laundering
- drug smuggling
- escape plots
, - robbery
- murder
Traditional STGs have a documented ...?
History, a written set of laws or codes, and can have an organizational structure.
Some examples of Traditional STG are:
- Latin Kings
- Bloods
- Crips
- Aryan
- Brotherhood
- Ku Klux Klan
- MS-13
- SUR-13
Traditional STGs often have a ...?
Leadership structure, codes of conduct, colors, special dress, sign, and symbols.
A traditional STG may vary in characteristics of:
Questions With Correct Answers
Special Populations:
Groups of inmates who exhibit unique mental, physical, or social needs that distinguish
them from the general population.
Special population inmates include the following:
- members of gangs
- people with substance abuse issues
- people with mental illness or an intellectual disability
- people with long-term medical conditions or physical disabilities
- women
- the elderly
- juveniles
- people with gender issues
- inmates with special confinement or on death row
By nature, humans are social beings, even in a correctional setting, and tend to ...?
Gravitate toward people with similar beliefs and backgrounds.
,Inmate societies tend to form around:
- race
- religion
- medical needs
- geographical identity
- ethnicity
- cultural background
- socio-economic standing
S. 874.03, F.S.
A criminal gang is a formal or informal ongoing organization, association, or group.
Criminal gangs consist of ...?
Three or more people, who have a common name or common identifying signs, colors,
or symbols.
Criminal gangs include, but are not limited to ....?
Terrorist organizations and hate groups.
,Security threat group:
Is a criminal enterprise or organization of a continuing nature that engages repeatedly in
acts of crime individually or collectively, and poses a safety or security threat within, as
well as outside of, a correctional facility.
STG is a term officers use to ...?
Remove any glamour from being a member of a criminal gang and it diffuse the power
associated with being a "gang" member.
STGs can influence inmate populations and usually control the bulk of the contraband
flow because of their ...?
Strength in numbers.
STGs can commit the same crimes in the facility they commit outside of the facility,
such as:
- extortion
- gambling
- prostitution
- battery
- assault
- money laundering
- drug smuggling
- escape plots
, - robbery
- murder
Traditional STGs have a documented ...?
History, a written set of laws or codes, and can have an organizational structure.
Some examples of Traditional STG are:
- Latin Kings
- Bloods
- Crips
- Aryan
- Brotherhood
- Ku Klux Klan
- MS-13
- SUR-13
Traditional STGs often have a ...?
Leadership structure, codes of conduct, colors, special dress, sign, and symbols.
A traditional STG may vary in characteristics of:
