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Workhouses
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European forerunners of the modern U.S prison, where offenders were sent to learn discipline and regular work habits.
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Penology
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The study of prison management and the treatment of offenders.
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Pennsylvania system
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An early system of U.S penology in which inmates were kept in solitary cells so that they could study religious writings , reflect on their misdeeds, and perform handicraft work.
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Auburn system
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An early system of penology, originating at Auburn penitentiary in New York, under which inmates worked and ate together in silence during the day and were placed in solitary cells for the evening.
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Medical Model
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A theory of institutional corrections, popular during the 1940s and 1950s, in which crime was seen as symptomatic of personal illness in need of treatment.
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Security level
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A designation applied to a facility to describe the measures taken, both inside and outside, to preserve security and custody.
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Jail
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A jail is a facility, usually operated at the local level that holds convicted offenders and unconvicted persons for relatively short periods.
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Shock incarceration
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The placement of offenders in facilities patterned after military boot camps.
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Lock up
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A very short term holding facility that is frequently located in or very near an urban police agency so that suspects can be held pending further inquiry.
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Super maximum security prison
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Camp Delta located in Guantanamo
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What are some jail functions?
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Readmit, temporarily detain, hold mentally ill, transfer, house inmates
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Importation model
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A theory that the inmate society is shaped by the attributes inmates bring with them when they enter prison.
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Deprivation model
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A theory that the inmate society arises as a response to the prison environment and the painful conditions of confinement.
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Hands off philosophy
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A philosophy under which courts are reluctant to hear a prisoner's claims regarding their rights while incarcerated.
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Recidivism
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The return to illegal activity after release from incarceration.
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