​Forty-eight of the 50 states along with the federal government currently operate prisons.

Correctional leaders have found the best way to weaken prison gangs is to:​

​Sixty percent of probation sentences are received directly from the judge.

Each year approximately          correctional staff members are assaulted by inmates.​

​A cardinal principle for architects who design prisons is that function must follow form.

​Mass closings of public hospitals for the mentally ill began in the:

​Most prisons employ a             model.

​Eastern State Penitentiary followed the concept of a radial design to house inmates.

​Some prisons are operated under the direction of:

Racist               have become part of the inmate code and are sometimes forced upon inmates merely by association.​