JAIL SCHOOL EXAM 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Describe the early American Jail and its purpose - Correct answers✔✔torture,punishment
How did the Magna Carta effect unlawful imprisonment? - Correct answers✔✔you had to have a
reason to go to jail
Harsh Penalties in the Penn Colony were practiced. Describe some of the offenses and penalties.
- Correct answers✔✔death penalty, flogging, burning
When did the modern prison system as we know today emerge? - Correct answers✔✔late 19th
century
What differentiates a jail from a prison? - Correct answers✔✔jail is a pretrial confinement.
prison carries out a sentence
What are the three branches of American government? - Correct
answers✔✔legislative,judicial,executive
To which branch of government does law enforcement, jail and a prison belong? - Correct
answers✔✔executive
Today's officer must be aware of the dangers of placing certain __________ or ________
together - Correct answers✔✔genders or cultures
,Although men and women now work together work in the same environments, mostly without
incident, allegations of ________ and ________ still exist. - Correct answers✔✔sexual
harassment misconduct and intimidation
When a person is incarcerated, what responsibility does the jail officer assume? - Correct
answers✔✔safety and security
The present-day officer must be constantly vigilant to the ______,______,_____ of the facility. -
Correct answers✔✔safety, security, order
List the Constitutional Amendments covered during this block of instruction. - Correct
answers✔✔1,4,5,6,8,14
Which amendment covers the right to privacy? - Correct answers✔✔4th
Which court has the ultimate responsibility for settling disputes and interpreting the meaning of
laws? - Correct answers✔✔supreme court
The role of the Supreme court to examine the actions of local, state, and national governments
and to rule on the constitutionality of any disputed actions by those political bodies is known as -
Correct answers✔✔executive legislative
What are the three characteristics against which a belief system may be measured to determine if
it is in fact a religion? - Correct answers✔✔It must address fundamental and ultimate questions
of deep and imponderable matters, it must be comprehensive in nature and consist of a belief
system as opposed to an isolated teaching, and it must be recognizable by certain formal and
external signs Africa v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
, When can detention staff refuse to deliver regular mail? - Correct answers✔✔When it is deemed
inappropriate, deemed a threat or contraband
What is privileged communication? - Correct answers✔✔legal visit, attorney, mail
How should detention staff handle incoming privileged mail? - Correct answers✔✔open and
check for contraband
The establishment of a time frame as the condition of the inmates release from restraints , as
opposed to the release being conditioned upon the inmates behavior, implies that the action is
__________ and _________. - Correct answers✔✔punitive and corrective
When do jail officers have the right to use a reasonable and necessary amount of force? - Correct
answers✔✔in self-defense and/or the defense of others, to prevent a crime, including escape, to
maintain order and security, to quell a disturbance.
As a general rule, do inmates have a legitimate expectation of privacy in their cell? - Correct
answers✔✔no
What type of search requires a special legal justification and is to be conducted only by medical
personnel? - Correct answers✔✔cavity
When conducting cell searches, how should officers treat an inmates legal papers? - Correct
answers✔✔should not read it, but go through it and check for contraband.
Does it constitute double jeopardy for an inmate to be disciplined by jail administration and
prosecuted in court for the same offense? - Correct answers✔✔Yes
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Describe the early American Jail and its purpose - Correct answers✔✔torture,punishment
How did the Magna Carta effect unlawful imprisonment? - Correct answers✔✔you had to have a
reason to go to jail
Harsh Penalties in the Penn Colony were practiced. Describe some of the offenses and penalties.
- Correct answers✔✔death penalty, flogging, burning
When did the modern prison system as we know today emerge? - Correct answers✔✔late 19th
century
What differentiates a jail from a prison? - Correct answers✔✔jail is a pretrial confinement.
prison carries out a sentence
What are the three branches of American government? - Correct
answers✔✔legislative,judicial,executive
To which branch of government does law enforcement, jail and a prison belong? - Correct
answers✔✔executive
Today's officer must be aware of the dangers of placing certain __________ or ________
together - Correct answers✔✔genders or cultures
,Although men and women now work together work in the same environments, mostly without
incident, allegations of ________ and ________ still exist. - Correct answers✔✔sexual
harassment misconduct and intimidation
When a person is incarcerated, what responsibility does the jail officer assume? - Correct
answers✔✔safety and security
The present-day officer must be constantly vigilant to the ______,______,_____ of the facility. -
Correct answers✔✔safety, security, order
List the Constitutional Amendments covered during this block of instruction. - Correct
answers✔✔1,4,5,6,8,14
Which amendment covers the right to privacy? - Correct answers✔✔4th
Which court has the ultimate responsibility for settling disputes and interpreting the meaning of
laws? - Correct answers✔✔supreme court
The role of the Supreme court to examine the actions of local, state, and national governments
and to rule on the constitutionality of any disputed actions by those political bodies is known as -
Correct answers✔✔executive legislative
What are the three characteristics against which a belief system may be measured to determine if
it is in fact a religion? - Correct answers✔✔It must address fundamental and ultimate questions
of deep and imponderable matters, it must be comprehensive in nature and consist of a belief
system as opposed to an isolated teaching, and it must be recognizable by certain formal and
external signs Africa v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
, When can detention staff refuse to deliver regular mail? - Correct answers✔✔When it is deemed
inappropriate, deemed a threat or contraband
What is privileged communication? - Correct answers✔✔legal visit, attorney, mail
How should detention staff handle incoming privileged mail? - Correct answers✔✔open and
check for contraband
The establishment of a time frame as the condition of the inmates release from restraints , as
opposed to the release being conditioned upon the inmates behavior, implies that the action is
__________ and _________. - Correct answers✔✔punitive and corrective
When do jail officers have the right to use a reasonable and necessary amount of force? - Correct
answers✔✔in self-defense and/or the defense of others, to prevent a crime, including escape, to
maintain order and security, to quell a disturbance.
As a general rule, do inmates have a legitimate expectation of privacy in their cell? - Correct
answers✔✔no
What type of search requires a special legal justification and is to be conducted only by medical
personnel? - Correct answers✔✔cavity
When conducting cell searches, how should officers treat an inmates legal papers? - Correct
answers✔✔should not read it, but go through it and check for contraband.
Does it constitute double jeopardy for an inmate to be disciplined by jail administration and
prosecuted in court for the same offense? - Correct answers✔✔Yes
