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Who was the Quaker leader that created the state of Pennsylvania, The Great Law, and a system of justice that required compensation of victims and repentance to restore the offender to God’s grace?

As a correctional officer working in the local jail, your supervisor assigns you to the special housing unit.  What types of inmates may you have custody over in this type of unit?  (answers may vary, but you need to select at least 2 different special population groups with a brief explanation of why they may be housed in a special housing unit)

Which type of security level is similar to minimum security but usually has double fences and inmates not perceived as dangerous or escape risks?  

What type of correctional custody involves the separation from the general population of those inmates requiring or requesting special shelter from other inmates for safety reasons?

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?

What is the theory of punishment that is based on the idea that punishing offenders for crimes will discourage other would-be criminals from committing similar acts?

What was the first federal “superprison” which opened on an island in San Francisco Bay in 1934?

Some of the daily tasks that correctional officers perform in a jail or prison include supervising inmates, conducting a headcount, ensuring safety and security among the inmates and staff, and doing searches.

Penitentiary derived from its use to originally describe a detention center in which inmates could do penance and repent or turn away from crime, and “Get right with God”.

What is corrections?