Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Maximum-security prisons represent the most secure form of incarceration in the United States
2. Among the concerns related to supermax prisons is the high degree of isolation and the constitutionality of such institutions.
3. The inspector general’s report found that private prisons had higher instances of safety and security violations compared to publicly-funded prisons in the federal system.
4. he primary purposes of prisons are to hold people accused of crimes until their court dates and to hold people convicted of lesser offenses who were sentenced to less than one year of incarceration.
5. The Safe Prisons Communications Act, which was signed into law in 2009, allows prisons to jam wireless telephone communication signals in an effort to combat inmate use of cell phones.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

Generally speaking, the Specialized Needs Caseload Model can be used when dealing with offenders in need of ______ services or treatment.

A. specialized B. mental C. therapeutic D. community

Criminal Justice

Chop shops fall under which of the following motor vehcile theft typologies?

a. short-term transportation b. joyriding c. long-term transportaiton d. profit motivated

Criminal Justice

What cases involve suits between citizens of different states or between a U.S. citizen and a foreign country or citizen?

a. diversity of citizenship cases c. en banc cases b. mandamus cases d. venue cases

Criminal Justice

Despite considerable concern about the high rate of _________ use among pregnant women, studies have failed to find a homogeneous pattern of fetal effects, and there is little consensus on the adverse effects of the drug

a. alcohol b. cocaine c. nicotine d. heroin

Criminal Justice