Corrections Quiz

A facility designed to hold convicted felons while they serve their criminal sentence is?

• Jail
• Prison
• Half way house
• House arrest

Which of the following was NOT an original legal punishment in the correctional institutions?

• Banishment
• Slavery
• Execution
• Starvation

The origin of corrections in the U.S is traced to 18th century developments where?

• Pennsylvania
• New York
• Maine
• California

A prison system based on total isolation and individual penitence is referred to as?

• Auburn system
• 
  Corrections system

  corrections system

• Pennsylvania system
• Isolation system

A prison system where prisoners ate and worked in groups is referred to as?

• California system
• Auburn system
• Pennsylvania system
• Group system

A system in which officials sold the labor of prison inmates to private business for use either inside or outside the prison?

• Public account system
• Contract system
• Convict lease system
• Private account system

A system in which a private business leased prisoners from the state for a fixed annual fee and assumed full responsibility for their supervision?

• Contract system
• Convict lease system
• Public account system
• Private lease system

A system in which employment was directed by the state and the products of the prisoners labor were sold for the benefit of the state?

• Public account system
• Convict Lease system
• Private account system
• Contract system

What did prisons in the 20th century offer?

• No more striped uniforms
• Movies and radio
• Specialized prisons
• All the above

What is another term for parole in the early 1900's?

• Probation
• Ticket of leave
• Half way house
• Prison farm