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What is total institution
a regimented, dehumanizing institution such as a prison.
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What age are the females prisoners
Under the age of 30
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What is Self control
Anger and lack of_______ have been linked to violent criminal behavior both in the institutions and communities.
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What is substantive rights
A number of civil rights that the courts have established for the inmates.
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What is parole
The early release of a prisoner from imprisonment
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What is inmate subculture
the loosely defined culture that prevented prison and has its own norms,rules,and language.
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What is making family
In the family institutions, the substitute family groups
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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
A treatment approach that focuses on patterns of thinking and the beliefs
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What is jailhouse lawyer
An inmate train in law who helps other inmates prepare legal briefs and appeals.
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What is Intensive supervision parole (ISP)
A limited-caseload program for those parolees who need intensive surveillance
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What is an unwritten code of behavior, passed from older inmates to younger one.
Inmate social code
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What is 5%
percentage of female inmate report of abuse by other inmate
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Therapeutic communities
Institution that rely on positive peer pressure with a highly structured social environment in order to create positive inmate change.
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What is the hands-off-doctrine
The legal practice of allowing prison administrators a free hand to run the institution, even if correctional practices violate inmates constitutional rights.
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Social, economic, and personal factors
Why is it so difficult to reenter society?
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What is reality
prison rapes are common, and most inmates are sexually assaulted soon after they arrive in prison
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What is furlough
A correctional policy that allows inmates to leave the institution for educational training, employment, or to maintain families ties.
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what is work release
A prison treatment program that allows inmates to be released during the day to work in the communities and return at night.
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What is cruel and unusual punishment
Punishment that is far from excess of that given to people under similar circumstances and its banned in the by the eighth Amendment.
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what is parole board
A panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving at least a minimum portion of their sentence as prescribed by the sentencing judge.
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What is prisonization
Assimilation into the separate culture in the prison that has its own set of rewards
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Access to courts,legal services,and material, freedom of speech, and medical rights
What are some privileges granted to inmates ?
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What is anger management programs
Group therapy offered to help partipants to control their anger and, in general, to achieve self-control, often through cognitive-behavioral approaches
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What is Inmate-Balance Theory
Riots and other forms of violence occur when prison officials make abrupt effort ti take control of the prison and limit freedoms.
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What is second chance act
This act was design to improve inmates outcomes when returning to the community.
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