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In Warehouse Prisons there is no pretense of rehabilitation; _____ are the only justifications.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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_____ originally constructed in 1773 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and remodeled in 1790 into the first full-fledged prison. The fee system was dropped; inmates were adequately clothed and fed, regardless of their ability to pay; and they were separated by gender and offense.

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Correct Answer: Walnut Street Jail

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A sentence exiling convicts and transporting them to a penal colony is known as ______

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Correct Answer: Transportation

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Stateville Prison was built in Illinois as a panopticon in _____ in reaction to the deplorable conditions of the old Joliet, Illinois, prison, built in 1860.

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Correct Answer: 1925

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_____ prisons emphasized silence and isolated inmates in their cells, restricting their contact with others. They reinforced the need for penitence.

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Correct Answer: Pennsylvania

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______ is a prison design in which multitiered cells are built around a hub so that correctional staff can view all inmates without being observed.

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Correct Answer: Panopticon

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Norfolk Island is an English penal colony, 1,000 miles off the Australian coast, regarded as a brutal and violent island prison where inmates were poorly ______ and were mistreated by staff and their fellow inmates.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Prisons included congregate work and eating arrangements but silent and separate housing is known as _____ Prison System.

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Correct Answer: New York

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Newgate Prison was an early colonial prison (1773–_____) that started as a copper mine. Many of its inmates would work the mine during the day and sleep in it at night. During the Revolutionary War, some Loyalists to the English Crown were held here.

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Correct Answer: 1827

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The Medical Model is a rehabilitation model that assumes criminals _____ .

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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A graduated reward system for prisons in which, if one behaves, it is possible to earn “marks” that, in turn, entitle one to privileges is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Marks system

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Great Law is William Penn’s idea, based on Quaker principles, deemphasized the use of _____ punishment for all crimes but the most serious.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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A sentence forcing the convict to work as a rower on a ship is known as Galley Slavery.

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Correct Answer: True

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Elmira Reformatory was founded in _____ in New York as a model prison in response to calls for the reform of prisons from an earlier era, it aimed to encompass all of the rehabilitation focus and graduated reward system that reformers were agitating for.

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Correct Answer: 1876

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Correctional Institutions (prisons) carefully classify inmates into treatment programs that _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Informal rules inmates live by vis-à-vis the institution and staff is known as Convict Code.

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Correct Answer: True

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Systems devised by prisons to hire out inmates’ labor to farmers or other contractors refers to ______

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Correct Answer: Contract and Lease systems

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Bridewells are workhouses constructed to hold and whip or otherwise punish ______and later to serve as places of detention.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Big House Prisons are fortress stone or concrete prisons, usually maximum security, whose attributes include _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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