Correctional Systems Exam 1

What percent of all adults are under some form of correctional control

1 out of 43 Americans

Approximately, How many citizens are incarcerated

31.7%

How much does the criminal justice system cost approximately

$200 Billion

What country incarcerates the most people in the world

The U.S.

What country sentences people to the longest duration of time in the world

The U.S.

What is the central purpose of punishment

Prevention

Corrections, ideally, serves which goals

What was the purpose of punishment as a public spectacle

General Deterrence

The Penitentiary Act was based upon which four principles

What facility expressed rehabilitation through separate confinement the most

The “congregate” system of prison discipline was first instituted at what institution

Who Designed Eastern State

What was Eastern State’s design style

Which Early Prison System was designed around agricultural labor?

Which goal of corrections asserts that a person who has infringed the rights of others deserves to be penalized or punished?

According to this goal of corrections, offenders are returned to society once they are cured

Punishment of criminals that is intended to be an example to the public and to discourage the commission of offenses by others is known as what correctional goal?

Depriving an offender of the ability to commit crimes against society, usually by detention in prison, represents this goal of corrections?

Punishment designed to repair damage to both victim and community represents this goal of corrections?

Determinate Sentencing

Indeterminate Sentencing

The right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment is found in which Amendment?

What is corporal punishment? Describe at least five ways corporal punishment was carried out in early corrections history?

What is capital punishment?

Describe at least five ways capital punishment was carried out in early corrections history?

What were the first 3 federal facilities

• Leavenworth

• Atlanta

• McNeil

Discuss the contributions of Cesare Beccaria & Jeremy Bentham to criminal justice and corrections

Castle Island Fortress

Walnut St. Jail

Western State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary

Briedwell City facility

Newgate

Auburn Correctional Facility

Sing Sing

Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman Farms

San Quentin

Leavenworth

Atlanta

McNeil

Alcatraz