Corrections Unit

This era was focused on rehabilitation. The early ideas of parole were established during this era.

• punitive era

• reform era

• mass prison era

• just desserts era

This was the first state prison in the US.

• Tennessee State Prison

• Eastern State Penitentiary

• Alcatraz

• USP Florence

What was the original purpose of prisons?

• to encourage people to do the right thing

• to hold people until their debts were paid

• to detain and remove people from society

• to execute people

This era established the beginning of the correctional system in the United States.

• industrial era

• penitentiary era

• warehousing era

• treatment era

During this era, inmates were used for cheap labor. The purpose was to make the prisons self-sufficient.

• warehousing era

• industrial era

• treatment era

• penitentiary era

A person who is convicted of a misdemeanor where their sentence is to serve less than 11 months and 29 days will typically be housed in a ____________.

• state prison

• ADMAX

• federal prison

• jail

This is the current incarceration era. The focus today is on individual responsibility and punishment.

• mass prison era

• punitive era

• reform era

• just desserts era

This occurs when an offender has met all of their probation conditions and is released before the end of their probation term.

• revocation

• technical violation

• deterrent

• early termination

Which of the following is NOT a reason why prison riots occur?

• good prison conditions

• prison overcrowding

• lack of programs

• failure to address inmate complaints

They oversee the prisons on the federal level.

• CIA

• FBI

• TDOC

• BOP