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| imprisonment in the criminal justice system |
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| municipal or regional facilities that house pretrial individuals believed to present a risk of danger or flight, those awaiting probation or parole revocation, and those sentenced to less than 1 year incarceration |
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| state or federal facilities that hold offenders sentenced to 1 year or more incarceration |
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| institutions that hold offenders who have short sentences, are nonviolent, and are unlikely to attempt escape or pose risks to others in the institution |
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| institutions in which inmates are under greater control than in minimum-security prisons, and their freedom or movements is restricted to areas that are under close surveillance |
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| institutions subject to high levels of control in which the mobility of prisoners is severely restricted by physical barriers |
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| facilities that provide the highest level of security possible- solitary confinement- using the latest correctional technology |
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| determination of which inmates go to which institutions and the specific conditions under which they will be confined |
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| the degree of danger associated with the inmates being housed in a prison |
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| the degree of danger an inmate poses to other prisoners and to correctional staff |
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| an assessment of the level and kind of risk an individual presents to correctional staff and other inmates |
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| an approach that made courts reluctant to interfere with prison management or prisoner rights |
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| facilities responsible for and in control of every aspect of life for those who live and work within them, including food, shelter, medical assistance, clothing, and safety |
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| the state of being dependent on an institution to meet basic needs, such as for food, shelter, and friends, to the point of being unwilling-or unable-to function in the outside world |
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| a process of socialization whereby individuals adopt the norms, values, and beliefs of the inmate subculture as their own |
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| the norms, values, and beliefs that develop among prisoners |
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| the perspective that the hard-ships prisoners endure lead to the development of a distinctive way of behaving in prison |
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| the perspective assuming that inmate subculture does not develop as a result of prison circumstances but rather is brought in, or imported, from the outside when offenders ender |
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| the deprivations inmates experience such as liberty, autonomy, security, personal goods and services, and heterosexual relations |
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| rules of behavior that inmates follow |
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| security threat group (STG) |
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| inmates who, when they collaborate, can jeopardize the institution's security |
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| a special area in prison that provides additional supervision and control of inmates for disciplinary reasons |
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| administrative segregation |
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| A special area in prison in which inmates are deprived of the services available to the general population. |
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| Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) |
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| Legislation that established the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission to develop national standards for detecting and preventing prison rape, as well as for punishing perpertrators |
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| a process in which a judge decides a person is mentally ill and is a danger to himself or others, and incarcerates that person indefinitely in a mental hospital rather than in a prison |
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| allows an inmate a private extended visit with a partner or spouse |
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| municipal and regional governments |
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| municipal and regional governments |
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| States or the Federal government |
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| States or the Federal government |
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