Chapter 7 Flashcards

building tenders

inmates who were tacitly acknowledged by prison administrators to have informal social control of a given inmate area

close-custody unit

a form of administrative segregation

con-politicians

inmates with money and influence who through skill and manipulation obtain goods or services

cultural importation hypothesis

inmates enter prison with a variety of values and experiences that may contradict the values in prison

deprivation hypothesis

a major function of the inmate subculture’s normative system is to prevent the internalization of social rejection and its conversion into self-rejection

doing time

inmates who view the prison experience as a short break in their criminal career

drug offenses

clearly played a primary role in the overall growth of the prison population during the period from 2000 to 2010

fish

inmates new to prison life

frustration riots

during the 1940s and 1950s, dozens of prisons in the nation experienced these types of riots between a unified inmate subculture and prison authorities

gleaning

inmates who adapt to prison life by getting as much out of prison as possible through programs and self-improvement

imprisonment binge

due to increased incarceration levels, crowding, and new construction

inmate code

attitudinal and behavioral norms of prison subculture

jailing

inmates who adapts to prison life by not thinking of the world outside as home

legitimate inmate economy

the facility’s store, commissary, or canteen

outlaws

inmates who rely on force and physical violence to obtain what they want from other inmates

pains of imprisonment

term used to describe the inmate’s emotional reaction to the loss of: liberty, goods and services, heterosexual relationships, autonomy, freedom of movement, and security

political riot

riot where inmates make demands submitted to prison officials

prison gangs

not a part of the traditional prison culture they are cliques and informal groups organized principally or even exclusively on racial or ethnic lines

prison riot

a group attempt by inmates to take over part or all of the prison

prison subculture

the negative, animosity directed equally at the prison staff and at free society

prisonization

the mechanism by which one becomes a member of that subculture – the process through which prison inmates adapt the general culture of the penitentiary

psychological victimization

the threat of physical harm

punks

inmates who passively participate in homosexuality in prison or jail

race riots

apolitical racial conflict was a crucial factor in these types riots

rage riots

often spontaneous, an expression of real or perceived inmate frustration with mistreatment

right guys

those rare inmates who follow all of the precepts of the code; the most prisonized of all prison or jail residents

security threat groups

prison gangs are found in 40 state prison systems, the District of Columbia and in the US Bureau of Prisons

solidary opposition

the inmate’s collective response to the pains of imprisonment

Square Johns

inmates who follow the prison’s official rules, take part in institutional programming, and generally ignore all but the snitching provision of the inmate code

sub rosa inmate economy

an underground marketplace that exists outside the legitimate inmate economy

unit management

the belief that providing treatment such as psychological or educational assistance to create small, semi-autonomous self-contained institutions of approximately 50 to 100 inmates to break up existing ties based on race, ethnicity or gangs makes individuals less likely to engage in future crimes

wolves

the aggressor of sex in prisons or jails who does not view themselves as homosexual