The Federal Bureau of Prisons Future Mission Statement Questions with Correct Answers

Technological advances have opened a new world in the investigations of crimes, such as ____. Correct Answer piracy, identity theft, child pornography, and even terrorism Crime patterns affect ____ population. When the public sees an increase in criminal activity, there is an expectation that law enforcement will attack the problem and arrest the offenders. Correct Answer county jail Throughout the 1990s, it is estimated that nearly ____ additional local law enforcement officers, funded through federal grants, were hired in an effort to curb local crime, thus improving the quality of life in communities. Correct Answer 100,000 There are almost a ____ inmates in state and federal prisons that are classified as "elderly" or "aging," according to a 2012 report by the ACLU. Correct Answer quarter-million Human Rights Watch found that the number of sentenced state and federal prisoners age 65 or older grew at ____ the rate of the overall prison population between 2007 and 2010. Correct Answer 94 times The average inmate in minimum-security federal prison costs ____ each year. Correct Answer $21,000 The average inmate in maximum-security federal prisons costs ____ each year. Correct Answer $33,000 Incarcerating the elderly is even more expensive, on average almost double, at ____ per year. Correct Answer $68,270 In the cases of the elderly prisoners who are sick, the costs can rise to over ____ a year. Correct Answer $100,000 A study by the journal Health Services and Delivery Research found that "older prisoners are the ____ subgroup in the English and Welsh prison estate." Correct Answer fastest growing ____ of prison establishments have no established prisoner policies. And so the staff of the prison is left to figure out how to enforce prison rules on those who are sometimes physically unable to stand to be counted, walk long distances to dining halls, or get up on top bunks. Correct Answer 44%