Section #9 Review Test

Federal prison is operated by the federal government and houses inmates convicted of breaking

• federal laws.

• state laws.

• federal and state laws

State prisons are operated by state governments and house people convicted of breaking ______laws.

• state

• federal

• state and federal

Federal prisons are generally safer than state prisons and they keep inmates that are of a less violent and dangerous nature.

• True

• False

There are main differences between federal prison and state prison. Which of these is NOT one of them?

• Federal prisons have better food than state prisons

• Federal prisons have higher security features, the state’s lower security features

• Federal prisons are safer than state prisons

•   Federal prisons have less violent and dangerous prisoners

Prior to the 1800s, common law countries relied heavily on physical punishments. Influenced by the high ideas of the enlightenment, reformers began to move the criminal justice system away from physical punishments in favor of reforming offenders. Among these early reformers was _______, who advocated the use of penitentiaries

• John Howard

• J. Edgar Hoover

• Thomas Kent

Penitentiaries, as the name suggests, were places for offenders to be penitent. To achieve the appropriate atmosphere for penitence, prisoners were kept in ______with much time for reflection.

• lock down

• solitary cells

• a common area

At the time of the American Revolution, however, the Quakers and William Penn were instrumental in the first wide swing of the incarceration pendulum from punishment to rehabilitation.

• True

• False

In 1776, Pennsylvania passed legislation ordering that the offender be reformed through treatment and discipline rather than given probation.

• True

• False

Philadelphia’s _______in 1740 was an early effort to model the European penitentiaries. The system used there later became known as the Pennsylvania System

• Walnut Street Jail

• Sing Sing

• Alcatraz

A key element of the Pennsylvania System is that no furllows whatsoever were allowed.

• True

• False