Assume you are a correctional officer assigned to the classification unit. You interviewed and assessed an inmate who is sentenced to 10 years in prison for an armed robbery resulting in serious injury, has a long criminal history involving  serious felonies and weapons convictions, and has served previous prison time totaling seven years.  This inmate has no mental health, medical, or substance abuse issues.  Simply based on this information, which classification security level would be most appropriate for this inmate?

What is the process by which inmates learn the rules for living in prison and how to conduct themselves in that environment?

A Section 1983 is the legal statute for seeking redress regarding deprivation of legal rights of prisoners.

What type of correctional security level may be described as one with open fences, dormitory inmate housing, lower ratio of guards to inmates, and more program amenities?  

Mary Belle Harris was the first woman warden and manager of the first federal women’s prison in Alderson, WV.

What refers to the level of immediate control exercised over inmates within correctional institutions?

Provide a description of a supermaximum security prison.  The description must include at least three (3) descriptors such as physical qualities, barriers, and/or supervision plus the type of prisoner housed there.

What are the four (4) recognized goals of corrections in the United States?  (Just list the 4 goals.  There is no need to give further details of them.)

What law was signed and enacted by President Bill Clinton that mandates all released sex offenders to register with the state or local police or other law enforcement authority?

Cesare Beccaria was an Italian legal scholar whose work, “An Essay on Crimes and Punishment”, promoted sweeping legal reform including the philosophy of “let the punishment fit the crime”.