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Inmates who maintain their innocence may find that denying responsibility for their crimes places their release date in jeopardy.

Overcrowded institutions, filled with inmate gangs, violence, and racial conflicts, require that the focus be on security and institutional survival.

The Supreme Court ruled in  _________________ that uncomfortable conditions are not unconstitutional but are part of the penalty that inmates pay for committing crimes.

Discuss the use of deadly force in correctional settings and when it can be used.

A model that contends that the management style of prison has influence over what takes place in inmate culture is the:

All of the following individuals are able to issue a warrant once there is an alleged violation of parole except for:

Common types of therapy used in prisons are insight-based therapy, behavior therapy, and electro-shock therapy.

Inmates who attain sufficient reading and writing skills for functional literacy may increase the possibility of:

Parole officers tend to be younger and less experienced in the criminal justice system than probation officers.

When determining possible parole, the parole board looks at all of the following except: