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People born outside the United States make up about 35 percent of California's adult population but represent only about 17 percent of the state prison population.

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Question 32

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William is serving a 20-year sentence for multiple charges. He is a difficult inmate for the institution because he is classified as a special offense inmate, special needs inmate, and a special population inmate. The prison has had to develop strategies to accommodate William's needs while maintaining institutional security. William recently got into an altercation with another inmate because he refused to give him the amount of prison alcohol that he paid him for. What is this prison alcohol known as?

A) cocktails
B) hooch
C) juice
D) syrup

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Drug offenders who receive treatment behind bars are less likely to:

An institution that blends both a correctional facility and a mental institution is called a ____________________.

Immigrants have very low crime rates.

Evaluations of drug treatment programs have determined that treatment services should be based on:

HIV/AIDs related deaths in prison are declining over the last decade.

Substance-involved inmates and sex offenders are considered:

Discuss elderly inmates in prison.

About a quarter of both state prisoners and jail inmates with mental problems also report past physical or sexual abuse.

What precautions do prison staff take when dealing with HIV/AIDS inmates?

What issues do sex offenders bring to correctional settings?

Most people are released from prison, and therefore, relatively few elderly inmates exist in the prison system.

According to the text, in order for a sex offender to be labeled as a sexually violent offender:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)is attempting to promote programs for HIV- and AIDS-infected inmates.

Frank Connelly is a convicted sex offender. He is serving an 80-year sentence for sexually assaulting young boys over a 5-year period. He is one of many inmates who have recently been sentenced to this correctional facility. He will never be free again. However, they are dozens of sex offender inmates at this facility who are eligible for parole or are approaching the end of their sentence. Brad is an inmate who is eligible for parole next month. Joseph is one inmate who is about to complete his sentence. Why will Frank have a difficult time adjusting to prison?

Elderly inmates and the illegal immigrant inmate are examples of ____________________.

William is serving a 20-year sentence for multiple charges. He is a difficult inmate for the institution because he is classified as a special offense inmate, special needs inmate, and a special population inmate. The prison has had to develop strategies to accommodate William's needs while maintaining institutional security. Why would William qualify as a special needs inmate?

Which prison holds many of the convicted terrorists and is the supermax prison of the Federal Bureau of Prisons?

There are a lot of programs in prison geared to the elderly inmate.