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| Which jail was built in 1773 in Philadelphia and remodeled as the first penitentiary in America? What year was it remodeled? |
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Definition
| Walnut Street Jail in 1790 |
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| What is the critera for a prison of the Pennsylvania System? |
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Definition
1) Segregation of inmates
2) Outside cells radiating from a central hub
3) inmates ate, worked and slept in their cells
(Primarily used in Europe) |
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| What is the criteria for a prison of the Auburn System? |
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1) small cells prevented prisoners from being able to work in cells
2) congregate work
3)strict silence enforced
4)lockstep for easier supervision
(Used in America prison systems) |
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| What body made the first major efforts to prescribe standards for prisons and jail? What are they now known as? |
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Definition
| The National Prison Congress; AKA American Correctional Association |
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What is the Virginia Board of Corrections?
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| -State entity that established the minimum standards for construction, equipment, administration and operations. |
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Term
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| Used to detain persons for less than 12 hours, not the same as jails. |
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Term
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| -Used by local jurisdictions to confine people for short periods of time, whether have been convicted to serve a short sentence, or awaiting trial, have not yet paid bail, or have been picked up on suspicion committing a crime, or awaiting tranfer to DOC |
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| What is a prison, or penitentiary? |
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| -administered by state, used to house convicted criminals for much longer periods, (ex. felons for 12 months or longer) |
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