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WorksheetsIncarceration Nation Exam #3 Mega Review
Total questions: 121
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
The following are reasons someone might be in jail:
awaiting trial
crimes sentenced under a year
catch and release
awaiting probation
as of 2022 the jail incarceration rate is about (a) per 100,000 people
between ___ held in a correctional facility are currently held in a local jail
10 and 15%
20 and 40%
30 to 45%
about (a) per 100,000 ADULTS are held in jails as of 2022
incarceration per 100,000 people is always going to be larger when considering just adults
true
false
as of 2023 there is about ___ people in jails out of the total population
150,000
1.2 million
740,000
650,000
about (a) % of people in jail have not been convicted of a crime
most people awaiting trial in jail are there because they ___
haven't been able to post bail
haven't been offered bail
have dropped their case
aren't being told the details of their bail
____ people behind bars is in jail
1 in 10
1 in 5
1 in 8
1 in 3
if someone is being "held for other agencies" this means...
they have been imprisoned but prisons lend them out to jails to hold
their case has been dropped and their awaiting release
they are in a holding cell waiting for bail to be posted
they are in jail but they are being lent out to prisons to hold
median felony bail amount is $ (a)
black people are sent to jail (a) times as many times as their white/hispanic counterparts
black people spend ___ in average duration in jail than their white/hispanic counterparts
longer
shorter
since around 2000, the highest rates of jail incarceration have been in ___ communities
urban
central
rural
countryside
why have jail incarceration rates been higher in rural communities since the 2000s
abuse of drugs have shifted dramatically
meth and oxy are very common in rural communities
fentanyl and marijuana use have shifted to rural communities
racism is more common in rural communities
There is an incredibly rapid turnover rate in jails (___) compared to prisons, and the turnover rate is the quickest in the smallest facilities
40 days
24 days
18 days
32 days
the less time you are incarcerated oftentimes the less racial disparity you face
true
false
the cumulative risk of jail incarceration in NYC is declining rapidly for black/hispanic people because...
of the legalization of marijuana
there has been less proactive policing
there has been less reactive policing
police officers are being trained in racial disparities increasingly
using randomly assigned bail judges has an effect on pretrial detention and leads to more ___
arrests
bails
convictions
innocent pleas
instead of randomly assigned judges, ___ is reccommended to decrease pretrial disparities
bail decided by a jury
rotational assignment of judges
house arrest until trial
remaining in solitary before trial
According to Dobbie, pretrial detention...
has no effect on future crime
weakens the bargaining abilities of the defendent during plea negotiations
lowers a defendents prospects in the formal labor market
increases the likelihood of the defendent to perpetrate future crime
prisons and jails have very different conditions
true
false
jails have little to no programming (seeing a doctor, getting drug treatment, getting mental health treatment, getting an education)
true
false
prisons have a more settled social structure because people are there longer
true
false
Possible short answer:
What are the core differences in conditions between prisons and jails?
"not only does the world seem strange, the world loses its distinctiveness" (66)
Irwin
Walker
Kruschnitt
Adams
Irwin describes...
Walker adds details about how jailing is extremely confusing as inmates face extreme conditions (solitary)
true
false
as of 2024 there are ___ people in state prisons
2,008,000
1,071,000
780,000
934,000
_ _ _ of the 1.07 million people in state prisons are there for violent offenses (which problematizes the war on drugs argument)
504,000
213,000
674,000
781,000
as of 2024, there are ___ in federal prisons and jails
674,000
220,000
208,000
1.07 million
most imprisoned people are in ___ prisons rather than ___ prisons which causes many differences
state; federal
federal; state
local; county
county; federal
there has been a ___% decrease in imprisonment from 2012 to 2022 (1.57 milion to 1.23 million)
12%
43%
29%
27%
the U.S. imprisonment rate is declining but still remarkably high compared to other countries
true
false
the black imprisonment rate has decreased the most in the last decade
true
false
the imprisonment rate for non-Hispanic Whites has been relatively stable in the last decade
true
false
cumulative (lifetime) disparities in black imprisonment have changed also... from 30% in 2004 to about ___% in 2016
10
15
20
5
there has been rising ___ inequality in incarceration
gender
class
race
location
the ratio between no college education and some college education has dramatically ___
increased
decreased
between 1999 and 2016 there has been over a ___% increase in imprisoned adults 55 and older (mainly because they got long sentences when they were younger)
100
300
250
150
between 1999 and 2016, there has been less than a ___% increase in adults under 55 years old
250
50
25
100
releasing older people (55 years and above) who were imprisoned during tough on crime and have served most of their sentences would dramatically decrease the imprisonment rate without increasing ___
bail rates
crime rates
incarceration rates
drug crime rates
cumulative risk of imprisonment is twice as high in ___ as in the northeast
Alaska
Kansas
Texas
Florida
the black incarceration's lowest rate (10.6) is ___ than the white incarceration's highest rate (3.5)
lower
higher
in a given year, the average time served for all crimes is ___ years (does not include those who are serving lifetime sentences or will die in prison)
1.5
10.2
3.6
2.7
violent crime average imprisonment rate is ___ years
2.7
10.3
4.8
1.5
median of time served in prison is ___ years
2.7
4.8
8
1.3
the distribution of duration in prison is skewed ___
right
left
center
only about ___% of people are held in private prisons
1-2
5-6
6-7
7-8
the Clemmer article lists two primary conditions of confinement:
erosion of personal autonomy
risk of future crime
erosion of social norms
risk of victimization
Professor thinks risk of ___ is overblown in prison compared to society
future crime
victimization
loss of identity
social control
according to Clemmer, secondary conditions of imprisonment include:
overcrowding
severe idleness
solitary confinement
insifficient programming
loss of personal autonomy
According to Clememer, the assimilation where prisoners became acclimated to prison being their day to day life compared to free society — becoming so acclimated that they are more comfortable doing day-to-day life in prison than in free society
informal social controls
erosion of personal autonomy
prisonization
primary conditions of confinement
What are the primary conditions of confinement
according to Clemmer, what are secondary features of confinement?
describe Clemmer's process of prisonization
you are a risk to the system in an undefined way, not directly driven by your behavior, and must be separated from the general population
administrative segregation
disciplinary segragation
protected custody
voluntary isolation
solitary confinement used as a form of punishment
administrative segregation
disciplinary segragation
protected custody
voluntary isolation
the system has decided that you can’t be out in the general population of imprisoned people because you would be at risk of harm
administrative segregation
disciplinary segragation
protected custody
voluntary isolation
prisoners decide to be there because they feel they are a risk to themselves, used much less often in the U.S. (more in Danish context)
administrative segregation
disciplinary segragation
protected custody
voluntary isolation
solitary confinement wings can really devolve from other wings because there is a limited number of people who actually visit them:
little movement — little concern to workers in the DOC
little movement -- little concern to prisoners
lots of movement -- little concern to workers in the DOC
solitary confinement wings can really devolve from other wings because there is a limited number of people who actually visit them:
little movement — little concern to workers in the DOC
little movement -- little concern to prisoners
lots of movement -- little concern to workers in the DOC
descibe conditions of solitary confinement
Nevada has the highest number of solitary confined prisoners
about 50%
about 13%
about 35%
about 25%
there is virtually no state that has nobody in solitary confinement at any given time
true
false
people are currently in solitary confinement for 22 hours or more a day
150,000
176,000
123,000
128,000
___% of people incarcerated are currently in solitary confinement
3.2-3.6%
5.6-6.9%
7.2-8.3%
1.2-3.4%
at any point in time there are more people in ___, whereas cumulatively there are more in ___
administrative; disciplinary
disciplinary; administrative
administrative; protective
protective; disciplinary
these factors increase a prisoners risk of being placed in solitary confinement
young people (20-24 years)
LGBTQ+
violent offenses (some on death row)
11 or more arrests
drug charges
___% of people in prison have a chance of being in solitary over 9 months and ___ of people in jail have a risk of being in solitary over 9 months
25; 30
30; 25
35; 20
20; 35
___% of black men in Pennsylvania will have ever experienced solitary confinement by the time they're 32 years old
9
13
3
11
black men are as likely to spend one year in solitary as white men are likely to spend one day in solitary
true
false
12% white people vs 58% of black people experience solitary sentences of 180 days or more in New York
true
false
downstate NY has a 80:26 racial disparity whereas upstate NY has a ___ disparity
82:36
95:88
27:92
solitary confinement greatly effects your chances of getting ___
let out on bail
retried
reincarcerated
recharged
there are (a) women in local jails
There are (a) women in state prisons
There are (a) women in federal prisons/jails
what is the most imprisoned age for females
24-28
19-27
30-35
35-39
there are way more ___ women incarcerated than any other race
black
white
hispanic
AIAN
for males ___ is the highest race incarcerated, but for females ___ in the highest race incarcerated
white; black
black; AIAN
Hispanic; black
black; white
_ _ _ females are incarcerated much less frequently
older
younger
judges are inclined to give women ___ sentences than men because they are mothers and are cornerstones in their communities
shorter
longer
incarceration rates have ___ only for men, they’ve ___ for women
increased; decreased
decreased; increased
women's incarceration rates begin spiking in the late ___
70s
90s
2010s
80s
only in the last (a) years have women's incarceration rates plateaued
Hispanic and ___ incarceration rates are very similar despite gender
black
white
AIAN
_ _ _ women held in jails than in prisons
more
less
rural counties have ___ women incarcerated than in urban areas, but all counties have increased
more
less
_ _ _ is the highest race of women incarcerated
black
white
AIAN
hispanic
violent crimes are driven heavily by men (___%) whereas other tyoes of crime are driven by women
52%
70%
58%
64%
huge spike in women and men incarceration in drug arrests in ___
1973
1990
1985
2001
black and AIAN women are ___% likely to have an immediate family member incarcerated
30%
50%
40%
60%
there is not a lot of data on younger females (begins at age ___)
30
28
26
17
_ _ _ women are overrepresented in prisons and jails
lesbian and bisexual
transgender
white
working
_ _ _% women incarcerateed were sexually abused before arrest
25%
17%
39%
32%
Potential Short Answer Question: What are the potential harms/consequences that result from women specifically being incarcerated?
In CA theres about ___ people working in corrections
100,000
75,000
50,000
25,000
wages for correctional officers are pretty much the same across states
true
false
for correctional officers, rates of pay tend to be lower in the ___
east
West
north
south
there is a ___ ratio of men to women who work as correctional officers
2:1
1:2
4:3
8:1
jail/prison staff are way more likely to be...
male
white
female
black
wealthy
In NC theres about ___ vacancy rates for correctional officer positions
20-30%
40-50%
60-70%
25-35%
CO experience depression at ___% compared to the general U.S. rate of 7%
10%
23%
25%
17%
CO experience PTSD at ___% compared to the U.S. rate of 4%
12%
27%
19%
32%
COs experience suicide at ___% compared to the U.S. rate of 5%
12%
25%
4%
7%
_ _ _% of COs supervisors show little interest in subordinates
25%
70%
40%
50%
key factors of the CO reading that drive the health and well-being of COs
strain-based work-family conflict
number of officers known who have died by suicide
violent outbursts from prisoners
poverty
_ _ _% of COs say you can't every completely trust an inmate
32%
74%
59%
84%
Approximately what was the average imprisonment rate (per 100,000 people) in the U.S. between 1930 and 1970?
200
110
130
210
Which race is attributed to the greatest number of people who have ever committed a felony in the U.S.?
black
white
asian
Native American
What is the age range of highest imprisonment in the U.S. in 2022?
35-39 yo
17-21 yo
23-28 yo
42-46 yo
A 4 year sentence for a felony crime would put someone in a...
jail
prison
The combined state and federal imprisonment rate (per 100,000 people) in the U.S. by the end of 2022 was...
110
230
350
210
What increased in the U.S. in the 90s?
familial crimes
imprisonment rate
violent crime arrest rates
drug arrest rates
People imprisoned for violent offenses spend an average of ___ years in prison.
3
4
10
2
About how many people were held in solitary confinement on any given day in 2019?
150,000
121,000
123,000
101,000
As of 2022, what percent of prisoners were held in private facilities?
2%
10%
4%
8%
What is the most common familial incarceration?
parent
son
sibling
uncle
In 2005, about ___ of incarcerated people were arrested within their first year of release, and ___ were arrested within 10 years of their release.
80% and 95%
40% and 90%
20% and 50%
45% and 80%
What percent of people are eventually released from incarceration?
40%
60%
95%
85%
