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| correctional facilities used for long-term & convicted offenders |
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| high-security prisons that hold those who are violent or disruptive in other prisons in the state or federal system |
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| prisons where both external & internal security are high & programs & contact with other prisoners & visitors are very limited |
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| prisons that have high external security, but less restrictive internal security & more opportunities for programs |
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| prisons with relaxed external & internal security created for lower-level felony offenders who are not expected to be an escape or behavioral problem |
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| a place of residence & work where a large number of like-situated individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life |
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| process that occurs as inmates enter the prison & they suffer from the loss of many roles they occupied in the wider world |
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| occurs when inmates bring aspects of the larger culture into prison |
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| the adopting of the inmate subculture by inmates |
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| the deprivation of liberty, goods & services, heterosexual relationships, the autonomy, & deprivation of security |
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| the norms, values, beliefs, & even language of the prison |
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| groups of people with similar interests who socialize together & support each other, but who also engage in deviant or criminal activities; prison gangs have a hierarchal organizational structure & a set, & often strict, code of conduct for members |
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| 6 major prison gangs in the United States identified by the FDOC website |
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1. Neta (Puerto Rican-American/Hispanic)
2. Aryan Brotherhood (white)
3. Black Guerilla Family (black)
4. Mexican Mafia (Mexican-American/Hispanic)
5. La Nuestra Familia (Mexican-American/Hispanic)
6. Texas Syndicate (Mexican-American/Hispanic) |
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| Attica Prison Riot (1971) |
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| the bloodiest prison riot in American history, it was sparked by inmate frustration over overcrowded conditions, lack of programming, racism, & other conditions of confinement; ended when the prison was retaken by state police & correctional staff leaving 10 hostages & 29 inmates dead or dying & another 80 inmates with gunshot wounds |
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| New Mexico Prison Riot (1980) |
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| this prison exploded in a riot over the conditions of confinement & overcrowding; the state eventually retook the prison; however, over 3 days, 33 inmates were killed by other inmates; numerous other inmates, along with staff hostages, were beaten or raped & millions of dollars in damage was done |
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| the ability of some inmates to adjust pro-socially & to respond to problems responsibly & without resorting to violence |
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| 4 collateral consequences that arise from the graying of correctional populations |
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1. the cost of incarceration increases to accommodate the extra medical care needed for older people
2. elderly inmates are less able to work in, or for, the prison, making them a further economic drain on the system
3. elderly inmates may require housing that is separate from younger inmates who may prey on them
4. elderly inmates, particularly those who have spent much or all of their adult lives in prisons, are less likely to have a supportive family or friends waiting for them on the outside, which makes the development of a parole or reintegration plan even more challenging for them |
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| deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill |
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| this happened in the United States as a result of the civil rights movement & the related effort to increase the rights of people involuntarily committed to mental hospitals |
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| the gender one identifies with, rather than the sex one is born as |
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