What is the main difference between the inmates in federal and state prisons Quizlet

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What are the different models of imprisonment?

direct supervision jails, podular jails, jail boot camps, regional jails

what is a classification system

used to assign new prisoners to initial custody levels based on their type of offense, perceived dangerousness, and escape risk

how does imprisonment vary across states?

some states have a much higher rate of incarceration: avg rate of imprisonment in the US overall in 2011 was 500/100,000 persons. Louisiana held 867/100,000, Mississippi 686, TX 648, and Maine only 148/100,000 persons. RI, NH, and ND also have low imprisonment rates.

What is the average cost of incarceration?

...$62 per inmate per day at state level, and $77.49/inmate/day at federal level; in CA it is over $150/day/inmate

what is minimum security?

are termed federal prison camps. honor type camps with barrack housing and no fencing.

what is maximum security?

Called U.S penitentiaries. They are architecturally designed to prevent escapes and prevent disturbances.

What is Admax?

Administrative Maximum. Ultra high security prisons like that in Florence Colorado

What are US penitentiaries

federal prisons. high level facilities

what are Federal Correctional Institutions?

medium and low level security institutions

collective incapacitation

a strategy that would imprison almost all serious offenders. it is prohibitively expensive as well as unnecessary

selective incapacitation

seeks to indentify the most dangerous criminals with the goal of removing them from society

what crime are most federal prisoners convicted of?

drug law violations [52%]

what are private prisons

a correctional institution operated by a private firm on behalf of a local or state government

operational capacity

the number of prisoners a prison can efefctively accomodate based on staff, programs, and services

what is design capacity

the number of inmates the institution was originally built to handle

rated capacity?

the inmate population the facility can handle based on the judgment of experts

what is direct supervision?

help eliminate the old physical barriers that separated inmates and staff, replaced by an open environment in which inmates and correctional staff can mingle with relative freedom.

what is the difference between a prison and a jail

Jails are most often run by sheriffs and/or local governments and are designed to hold individuals awaiting trial or a serving short sentences.

Prisons are operated by state governments and the Federal Bureau of Prisons [BOP] and are designed to hold individuals convicted of crimes, generally for sentences over one year.

regional jails

jails that are built and run using the combined resources of a variety of local jurisdictions.

where are death row inmates imprisoned?

maximum security prisons

how many security levels are there in the federal prison system?

5. [1] ADMAX [2] high security [3] medium security [2] low security [1] minimum security

how many institutions are there in the federal prison system

84

how many county jails are there?

3360

what are the demographics of prisoners? what percentage are women?

in 2011 there were 1,612,395 sentenced inmates; slightly less than 7% of these were women

prisoners privlidges are increasing

false

what state reinstituted the prison chain gang?

alabama

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