Chapters 13-16 Corrections OOFGHAA
Study Set
The most feared event at a prison is an inmate riot or disturbance. - correct
answer-True
Correctional officers assigned to housing units have post order requirements to
search a certain number of cells every day, and teams of staff may be assigned to an
area for a complete search. - correct answer-True
Which of the following is a light-colored background with the outline of the tool
painted on it, allowing for a missing tool or knife to be quickly noticed? - correct
answer-shadow board
Prison staff do not waste a lot of time searching areas of the prison or shaking down
inmates to find contraband and deter its possession. - correct answer-False
Which is NOT a preventive action that prison administrators can take to reduce
inmate unrest? - correct answer-Maintaining secrecy between inmates and staff, and
among staff
A pass system schedules all the appointments and required moves for a day,
including the name and expected times of the moves. - correct answer-False
Which is a key component of inmate accountability policies and procedures? -
correct answer-Inmates are assigned to work and programs on a daily basis.
A special emergency response team is trained in the use of lethal force when all else
fails to resolve an emergency situation. - correct answer-True
Disciplinary segregation is a nonpunitive confinement in SHU used to house inmates
whose continued presence in the general population may pose a serious threat to
the security or orderly running of the prison. - correct answer-false
Which of the following is NOT true regarding inmate movements within a prison? -
correct answer-Inmates move individually in a prison, with at least one staff person
walking with them from one point to another.
Which does not contribute to the security and custody functions within a prison? -
correct answer-free and unrestricted inmate movement
, Inmates who need a separation of longer than 12 months from a prison's inmate
population are either transferred to another prison or placed in a supermax facility. -
correct answer-True
What is the scheduled counting of inmates in their housing units to ensure that they
are in the prison and have not escaped? - correct answer-regular count
Which of the following counts is the most formal count of the day and occurs at 4:00
p.m. everyday? - correct answer-stand-up
Which of the following refers to the staff's ability to locate and identify inmates at any
point in time within a prison? - correct answer-inmate accountability
Prisons use special housing units to perform which of the following activities? -
correct answer-to separate unruly inmates or inmates at risk
A precipitating event is often thought of as the "spark in the haystack" that sets off an
inmate riot. - correct answer-True
Investigations of inmate riots and disturbances have discovered that most are not
planned or precisely initiated by inmate leaders. - correct answer-true
Which of the following is an item that inmates are not allowed to possess, including
items that can assist in an escape, are dangerous, can undermine prison physical
security, or are nuisance items? - correct answer-contraband
Which of the following is NOT one of the eight main types of activities that contribute
to the security and custody functions within a prison - correct answer-reduction of
muscle-building exercise, particularly weightlifting
Inmates are in their cells most of the day and are rarely allowed to move across the
prison compound. - correct answer-false
American Correctional Association standards require a minimum of five scheduled
counts per twenty-four-hour period. - correct answer-false
Which of the following emergency teams is trained in the use of lethal force when all
else fails to resolve an emergency situation? - correct answer-special emergency
response team
Which of the following is a schedule of all the appointments and required moves for a
day, including the name and expected times of the moves? - correct answer-call out
Study Set
The most feared event at a prison is an inmate riot or disturbance. - correct
answer-True
Correctional officers assigned to housing units have post order requirements to
search a certain number of cells every day, and teams of staff may be assigned to an
area for a complete search. - correct answer-True
Which of the following is a light-colored background with the outline of the tool
painted on it, allowing for a missing tool or knife to be quickly noticed? - correct
answer-shadow board
Prison staff do not waste a lot of time searching areas of the prison or shaking down
inmates to find contraband and deter its possession. - correct answer-False
Which is NOT a preventive action that prison administrators can take to reduce
inmate unrest? - correct answer-Maintaining secrecy between inmates and staff, and
among staff
A pass system schedules all the appointments and required moves for a day,
including the name and expected times of the moves. - correct answer-False
Which is a key component of inmate accountability policies and procedures? -
correct answer-Inmates are assigned to work and programs on a daily basis.
A special emergency response team is trained in the use of lethal force when all else
fails to resolve an emergency situation. - correct answer-True
Disciplinary segregation is a nonpunitive confinement in SHU used to house inmates
whose continued presence in the general population may pose a serious threat to
the security or orderly running of the prison. - correct answer-false
Which of the following is NOT true regarding inmate movements within a prison? -
correct answer-Inmates move individually in a prison, with at least one staff person
walking with them from one point to another.
Which does not contribute to the security and custody functions within a prison? -
correct answer-free and unrestricted inmate movement
, Inmates who need a separation of longer than 12 months from a prison's inmate
population are either transferred to another prison or placed in a supermax facility. -
correct answer-True
What is the scheduled counting of inmates in their housing units to ensure that they
are in the prison and have not escaped? - correct answer-regular count
Which of the following counts is the most formal count of the day and occurs at 4:00
p.m. everyday? - correct answer-stand-up
Which of the following refers to the staff's ability to locate and identify inmates at any
point in time within a prison? - correct answer-inmate accountability
Prisons use special housing units to perform which of the following activities? -
correct answer-to separate unruly inmates or inmates at risk
A precipitating event is often thought of as the "spark in the haystack" that sets off an
inmate riot. - correct answer-True
Investigations of inmate riots and disturbances have discovered that most are not
planned or precisely initiated by inmate leaders. - correct answer-true
Which of the following is an item that inmates are not allowed to possess, including
items that can assist in an escape, are dangerous, can undermine prison physical
security, or are nuisance items? - correct answer-contraband
Which of the following is NOT one of the eight main types of activities that contribute
to the security and custody functions within a prison - correct answer-reduction of
muscle-building exercise, particularly weightlifting
Inmates are in their cells most of the day and are rarely allowed to move across the
prison compound. - correct answer-false
American Correctional Association standards require a minimum of five scheduled
counts per twenty-four-hour period. - correct answer-false
Which of the following emergency teams is trained in the use of lethal force when all
else fails to resolve an emergency situation? - correct answer-special emergency
response team
Which of the following is a schedule of all the appointments and required moves for a
day, including the name and expected times of the moves? - correct answer-call out
