Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Prisoners residing in maximum-security facilities are more subject to the pains of
imprisonment than are those in minimum-security facilities.
2. Placing someone in prison is a very expensive decision, costing states and the
federal government at least $50,000 per year for adult males and more than double that
for women and children.
3. Because of the materials used in their construction, supermax prisons are at least
two to three times more expensive to build than “regular” prisons.
4. The pains of imprisonment identified by Sykes inflict physical rather than
psychological destruction upon prisoners.
5. Goffman (1961) believed that total institutions had the effect of debilitating their
inmates.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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