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Worksheetscustodial concepts and application part 4
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins
Planning for earthquake is difficult from planning of other natural disaster
because:
Earthquakes usually last only a few seconds
Earthquakes do not usually happen
Earthquakes strike without warning
Earthquakes do not happen twice in the same place
Which of the following is not a common cause of injuries in an
earthquake?
Panic
Cracks opening in the earth surface
Fire and explosions
Falling debris and other objects
Preparing a jail for a serious earthquake does not involve:
Developing a plan for evacuation
Knowing location of power shut-offs
Securing heavy objects
Constructing an earthquake shelters
As soon as the earthquake starts, jail officers must:
Lock all inmates in their cells
Turn-off all lights
Take cover and order inmates to do the same
Begin evacuating the inmates
Search and rescue procedures after an earthquake are dangerous
because:
Inmates may panic or refuse to cooperate
Officers are likely to trip over scattered object
Member of the rescue may be disoriented
After shocks may caused damage structures to collapse
Which of the following should jail officers not exhibit when responding to
a crisis situation?
Authority
Compassion
Respect
Sarcasm
hat is a difference between inmate right and inmate privilege?
The terms are essentially the same
Right can only be removed by the jail warden while privilege can be
removed by any jail officer
Privileges are enumerated under the Philippine constitution which can
only be eliminated when there is a right to do so
Inmate rights are enumerated under the Philippine Constitution and
jail rules and regulations while privileges are benefits granted to
inmates over and above statutory requirements.
Which of the following is not a source of inmate rights?
Philippine Constitution
BJMP Manual
Jail Policies and Regulations
Recommendations of the Inmates Organization
Which of the following is a valid reason for providing privileges to
inmates?
reduced inmates boredom and idleness
Reduced stress of incarceration
Have something to take away if they misbehave
All of the above
If a particular inmate violates a particular jail regulation by fighting with
another inmate, what must the jail warden do?
There is nothing the Jail Warden can do
Curtail the inmates’ privileges until he complies the jail rules
Afford the inmate due process
Curtail the recreational periods of the inmate until the complies with
jail rules
What can a paralegal do in a jail?
Defend the inmate in court
Defend jail personnel in court
Write legal briefs
Review and understand legal commentaries and opinion
Why should firearms not be allowed in jails routinely?
The officer and his firearm may be taken hostage
Equipment could be destroyed by inmates
They may discharge accidentally
Jail officer may not be fully trained on the use of firearms
The most important duty of a Jail Officer is to:
Search every inmate’s cell regularly
Carefully inspect all jail premises for security searches and take action
to remedy any security defects
Assure that all inmates meals are served on time
Makes certain that all visitors are searched
Security in the jail setting strictly means:
Maintaining effective communications
Keeping inmates safe
Neutralizing inmate’s deviant behavior
Preventing escapes and maintaining peace and order
Why is the chain-of-command important?
Not necessary in small jails
For communications
To have orderly operations and to establish decision-making
responsibilities
To have a rank structure
The most effective way for shifts to communicate with each other is:
Tell an inmate
Pass information on to the supervisor
Tell another jail officer on the next shift
Document relevant information in a written logbook
The most important aspect of jail operation is:
Annual increase of subsistence allowance of inmates
Inmates Security and Safety
Programs for Inmates
Food Service
To be effective a classification system in jail must:
Always include women and minors in the classification team
Be designed specifically for each jail
Segregate inmates on the basis of gang affiliations
Classify inmates by origin
An inmate should be disciplined:
In the presence of other inmates to strengthen its impart
When all the facts have been granted
When it is the second offense of the inmate
Immediately
The goal of disciplining process in the jail is:
Teach the inmates to respect jail officers
To improve inmates’ behavior
Make the inmates behave through fear and intimidation
Show the inmates who the boss are
The following are considered “rights” of inmates, except:
The right to be treated as human being
The right to be visited by counsel
The right to vote unless disqualified by law
The right to receive visitors during visiting hours
The following are among the privileges given to inmates, except:
To wear their own clothes while in confinement
To receive visitors during visiting hours
To be entitled to GCTA
To communicate with her/his respective embassy
As part of the SOP on Admission of Inmates, the Desk Officer shall:
Check the credentials of the person bringing the inmate to
determine his/her/their identity and authority
Shall ask for the information and medical certificate issued by
government hospital
Shall verify the authenticity of the Commitment Order
All of the above
as part of the Jail Booking Procedure, the admitting officer shall:
Ensure that the Inmate is fingerprinted and photographed
Subject the Inmate to strip-search to check for any markings, cuts,
bruises and same shall be indicated in the jail booking report
Apprise the inmate in a dialect known to him of the provisions of Art
29 of the RPC as amended by RA 6127
All of the above
As laid down in the SOP for the Admission and Releasing of Inmates, the
person responsible for the verification of the authenticity of the Release
Order, upon receipt thereof, is none other than:
Property Custodian
Records /Admin Officer
Desk Officer
Jail Warden
The person responsible for the processing of inmates release ,
verification of data on Inmate’s Carpeta to that of the Release Order
and routing of release papers to proper signatories is none other than:
Property Custodian
Records /Admin Officer
Desk Officer
Jail Warden
The person responsible for the receipt of property and deposited item of
inmate and of returning the same, with proper logbook entry is none other
than:
Property Custodian
Records /Admin Officer
Desk Officer
Jail Warden
By telling others of the stress, you:
Will make your coping with the stress easier
Will get you in trouble with your officemates
Will make you look very weak
All of the above
Jail officers who suffers from stress:
Should shift to less stressful work
Should eat larger amount of food to relieve their stress
Should not discuss their stress with co-employees
May exhibit both physical and emotional reactions to the stress
Which of the following is false:
Working in jail is a difficult job
It is possible to completely eliminate stress in life
Feeling stress is not a sign of weakness
One way to eliminate stress is a change of environment
A jail officer who suppresses his feelings:
Endangers inmates and personnel in jail
Helps in making the jail environment calm
Learns to cope up with stress
Becomes more relaxed as time passes
An example of defense mechanism is:
Blaming others for your mistake
Judo Karate
Rapid Heartbeat
Helping others in stress
Which of the following will not help reduce stress
Asking assistance from friends and family
Developing ways to solve problems
Doing exercises
Rationalizing your behaviour
The first step in coping with stress is:
Complaining to your immediate superior
Denying all the stress you feel
Taking a leave of absence
Observing how you react to stressful situations
If you were not included in the promotion, a positive way to cope with
such feeling is to:
Treat inmates more harshly than usual
Complain to your jail warden
Keep silent and do nothing
Discuss the situation with your supervisor
Which of the following is true?
Most male jail officers do not want female officers working in jail
Female officers tend to have soothing effect on the jail environment
Female officers need more protection from inmates
Female officers tend to increase tension in jails
When you are in a situation where you are interviewing an inmate in your
office and after telling him something, the inmate refused to listen and
starts shouting at you. As a jail officer, you suddenly felt like going away
and leaving him. Such reaction is also called:
Fight
Stress coping
Flight
Negative coping
Your duty jail officer informed you that two (2) inmates are arguing in the
mess hall. Your heart begins to beat faster. Your body is at what stage?
Flight
Alarm
Resistance
Anger
Officers dealing with opposite sex should:
Never do a search without the presence of other officer of the inmates’
same sex
Observe all basic rules of inmate supervision without exception
Feel free to used all methods to keep inmates under control
Never do a strip search except in the presence of witnesses
The best type of interpersonal relationship can be described as:
Warm and intimate ones
Keeping feelings to yourself
Vent your frustrations to your peers
Gripe a lot
