​With the exception of those working for corporate and nonprofit organizations, correctional personnel are:

​The case of Wolff v. McDonnell showed that the court was extending the due process rights for prisoners in certain aspects.

​Since the inception of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, it has become more difficult for prisoners to file civil rights law suits.

​The circumstances in a correctional facility that, when considered as a whole, may violate the protections guaranteed by the Eighth Amendment are known as:

​Until the early 1900s, Americans followed the European practice of relying on brutal forms of corporal punishment.

​Lex talionis embodies which of the following principles?

​One of the ways a corrections staff member can insulate themselves against civil lawsuits is to:

​The positivist school looked to free will and rational thought as the reason for crime.

Depriving an offender of the ability to commit crimes against society, usually by detention in prison, is:​

Judges may deviate from the sentencing guidelines if aggravating or              circumstances exist.