1. Chapter 8 Flashcards

2. AIDS

3. Acquired Immunodeficiency Disorder Syndrome, which weakens the immune system and allows opportunistic infections and cancers to develop

4. conjugal visits

5. a scheduled period in which an inmate is permitted intimate time in private with a visitor, usually their legal spouse

6. gender identity

7. or gender orientation: a person’s self-conception as either male or female that is independent of biological sex

8. deportable person

9. an alien and admitted to the United States subject to any grounds of removal specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act

10. gender identity disorder (GID)

11. presence and persistence of a cross-gender identification

12. gender orientation

13. or gender identity; a person’s self-conception as either male or female that is independent of biological sex

14. GLBT inmates

15. diagnosed as a medical disorder; a person whose internal gender identity is at odds with his or her physical anatomy

16. hepatitis C virus

17. very dangerous; about 80 percent of its victims develop a chronic infection; spread through infected blood, common through sharing needles and sexual contact

18. HIV-positive

19. documented presence of the human immunodeficiency virus in a human being

20. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

21. Department of Homeland Security department which is empowered to enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act

22. juvenile detention centers

23. free-standing structures or a part of a larger city or county jail complex they are sometimes called juvenile halls and operate very much like an adult jail; they provide short-term incarceration prior to, or immediately following, juvenile court adjudication

24. mental health problem

25. broad designation for a variety of mental functioning issues that include genetic issues and both drug- and alcohol-induced psychoses

26. mental illness

27. normally associated with more focused and severe medical conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, delusions, or hallucinations

28. multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis

29. (MDR-TB) one that does not respond to traditional treatment

30. protective custody

31. (PC) a specialized form of imprisonment intended to segregate, isolate, and insulate an inmate from a specific harm or threat, which is usually noted specifically in the institutional protective custody order

32. PC-units

33. in a prison or jail these are generally segregated from the facility’s general population by secure doors or other physical barriers

34. sexual orientation

35. refers to the preferred sexual partner of the individual

36. sexual reassignment surgery (SRS)

37. the process of moving physically from one biological sex to the other

38. sight-and-sound separation

39. from an operational standpoint jails keep juveniles from adults

40. special needs inmates

41. a class of inmates for whom imprisonment creates a greater likelihood that their civil and human rights will be violated