1. Chapter 5 Flashcards

2. Detention facilities

3. detention facilities a temporary facility like a drunk tank and lockup in a police station; facilities that hold people for no more than a day or two until they are formally charged, processed, and transported to a jail for booking

4. direct supervision

5. supervision of inmates utilized in new-generation jails where inmates are supervised 24 hours a day; many of the traditional barriers between staff and inmates is eliminated and staff maintains greater control

6. high-use jails

7. a type of jail that both books and holds inmates at high rates

8. holding jails

9. a type of jail which books inmates at a low rate but detains them for some time

10. intermittent supervision

11. pattern of inmate management utilized in a linear design jail to see what a particular inmate is doing

12. jail annexes

13. structures that house the overflow from main jails, also referred to as satellite jails

14. jail

15. a facility typically under the control of a city or county government that houses a diverse population of pretrial detainees, convicted misdemeanants serving short sentences, and convicted felons awaiting transportation to prison

16. linear design

17. the most traditional jail design with cells opening onto long straight hallways

18. low-use jails

19. a type of jail that both books and holds inmates at very low rates

20. new-generation jails

21. third-generation jail design that utilizes a podular design to make the inmates feel safer

22. podular design

23. architectural design utilized in a new-generation jail where inmates are house in pods and are under direct supervision 24 hours a day

24. police lockup

25. one of the most pervasive detention facilities usually located in a police building; designed to temporarily detain suspects until full processing can take place

26. post

27. any position in a jail that must be staffed 24 hours a day

28. privatization

29. the movement toward having corrections facilities or specific functions within those facilities constructed or operated by private contractors

30. processing jails

31. a type of jail that books people at a high rate but holds them for a relatively short time

32. public–private partnership

33. an arrangement in which a government makes a legal agreement to purchase specific services from a private-sector supplier

34. remote supervision

35. monitoring devices that allow supervision of prisoners and staff members at jail entrances (sally ports), in booking areas, in drunk tanks, and in corridors

36. satellite jails

37. structures that house the overflow from main jails, also referred to as jail annexes

38. special needs

39. physical, psychological, or medical problems that require treatment or special services