CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SOCE FINAL EXAM UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Florida State Court System - ✔✔Consists of Florida county courts, circuit courts,
district courts, and the Florida Supreme Court.
✔✔Florida Correctional System - ✔✔Consists of prisons(federal and state), county jails,
county and municipal holding facilities, treatment and evaluation centers, probation,
parole, and community control, and juvenile/detention centers.
✔✔Office of Institutions - ✔✔The office in the Department of Corrections that manages
facilities where inmates reside.
✔✔Office of Community Corrections - ✔✔The section of the Department of Corrections
that, among other responsibilities, oversees supervision programs, including probation
and community control.
✔✔Bill of Rights - ✔✔The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
✔✔First Amendment - ✔✔Protects freedom of speech, the press, and religion, and the
right to peacefully assemble.
✔✔Fourth Amendment - ✔✔Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
✔✔Fifth Amendment - ✔✔Prohibits compelled self-incrimination.
✔✔Sixth Amendment - ✔✔Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
✔✔Eight Amendment - ✔✔Prohibits excessive bails and fines, and cruel and unusual
punishment.
✔✔Search - ✔✔Governmental intrusion into a place where a person has a reasonable
expectation of privacy.
✔✔Probable Cause - ✔✔A fair probability or reasonable grounds to believe that a crime
was committed, based on the totality of circumstances.
✔✔Seizure - ✔✔An act of taking possession of contraband or evidence for a violation of
rule or law.
✔✔Miranda Warnings - ✔✔Provide the protections of the fifth amendment right against
self-incrimination when a suspect in custody is interrogated in a criminal investigation.
, ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - ✔✔Sets privacy
standards that make it a violation to knowingly disclose the protected health information
of inmates and detainees.
✔✔F.S. 456.057 - ✔✔Requires that a correctional institution reasonably safeguard an
inmates health information in order to limit incidental uses or disclosures, unless there is
a health, safety, or security need.
✔✔Baker Act - ✔✔Also known as the Florida Mental Health Act, provides for
emergency services and temporary detention of an individual for evaluation and
voluntary or involuntary short term community inpatient treatment.
✔✔394.455 F.S. - ✔✔Establishes the Baker Act (Florida Mental Health Act).
✔✔Prison Rape Elimination Act - ✔✔A law enacted by Congress to address the
problem of sexual abuse of persons in custody of the U.S. federal, state or local
correctional facilities. Implemented to make rape prevention and awareness in a
correctional facility a top priority.
✔✔Privileged Communication - ✔✔Inmate communications that are given special
privacy considerations, such as between an inmate and attorney.
✔✔Contraband - ✔✔Any unauthorized article or any authorized article in excessive
quantities or altered from its intended purpose.
✔✔944.47, 951.22 - ✔✔Statutes that define items that are identified as contraband in
correctional facilities.
✔✔F.S. 951.22 - ✔✔Florida Statute that along with the Florida Model Jail Standards
provides authority to county facilities to establish policies and procedures relating to
contraband.
✔✔Introduction of Contraband - ✔✔A crime punishable by s. 944.47, F.S. that
designates the introduction, taking, or sending of articles defined as contraband into a
correctional facility as a felony offense.
✔✔F.S. 932.704, F.S. 932.7055 - ✔✔Confiscated contraband may be destroyed,
converted or reused, according to these two statutes.
✔✔Criminal Act - ✔✔A violation of the law.
✔✔F.S. 775.08 - ✔✔Statute that designates a crime as either a felony or misdemeanor.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Florida State Court System - ✔✔Consists of Florida county courts, circuit courts,
district courts, and the Florida Supreme Court.
✔✔Florida Correctional System - ✔✔Consists of prisons(federal and state), county jails,
county and municipal holding facilities, treatment and evaluation centers, probation,
parole, and community control, and juvenile/detention centers.
✔✔Office of Institutions - ✔✔The office in the Department of Corrections that manages
facilities where inmates reside.
✔✔Office of Community Corrections - ✔✔The section of the Department of Corrections
that, among other responsibilities, oversees supervision programs, including probation
and community control.
✔✔Bill of Rights - ✔✔The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
✔✔First Amendment - ✔✔Protects freedom of speech, the press, and religion, and the
right to peacefully assemble.
✔✔Fourth Amendment - ✔✔Protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
✔✔Fifth Amendment - ✔✔Prohibits compelled self-incrimination.
✔✔Sixth Amendment - ✔✔Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
✔✔Eight Amendment - ✔✔Prohibits excessive bails and fines, and cruel and unusual
punishment.
✔✔Search - ✔✔Governmental intrusion into a place where a person has a reasonable
expectation of privacy.
✔✔Probable Cause - ✔✔A fair probability or reasonable grounds to believe that a crime
was committed, based on the totality of circumstances.
✔✔Seizure - ✔✔An act of taking possession of contraband or evidence for a violation of
rule or law.
✔✔Miranda Warnings - ✔✔Provide the protections of the fifth amendment right against
self-incrimination when a suspect in custody is interrogated in a criminal investigation.
, ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - ✔✔Sets privacy
standards that make it a violation to knowingly disclose the protected health information
of inmates and detainees.
✔✔F.S. 456.057 - ✔✔Requires that a correctional institution reasonably safeguard an
inmates health information in order to limit incidental uses or disclosures, unless there is
a health, safety, or security need.
✔✔Baker Act - ✔✔Also known as the Florida Mental Health Act, provides for
emergency services and temporary detention of an individual for evaluation and
voluntary or involuntary short term community inpatient treatment.
✔✔394.455 F.S. - ✔✔Establishes the Baker Act (Florida Mental Health Act).
✔✔Prison Rape Elimination Act - ✔✔A law enacted by Congress to address the
problem of sexual abuse of persons in custody of the U.S. federal, state or local
correctional facilities. Implemented to make rape prevention and awareness in a
correctional facility a top priority.
✔✔Privileged Communication - ✔✔Inmate communications that are given special
privacy considerations, such as between an inmate and attorney.
✔✔Contraband - ✔✔Any unauthorized article or any authorized article in excessive
quantities or altered from its intended purpose.
✔✔944.47, 951.22 - ✔✔Statutes that define items that are identified as contraband in
correctional facilities.
✔✔F.S. 951.22 - ✔✔Florida Statute that along with the Florida Model Jail Standards
provides authority to county facilities to establish policies and procedures relating to
contraband.
✔✔Introduction of Contraband - ✔✔A crime punishable by s. 944.47, F.S. that
designates the introduction, taking, or sending of articles defined as contraband into a
correctional facility as a felony offense.
✔✔F.S. 932.704, F.S. 932.7055 - ✔✔Confiscated contraband may be destroyed,
converted or reused, according to these two statutes.
✔✔Criminal Act - ✔✔A violation of the law.
✔✔F.S. 775.08 - ✔✔Statute that designates a crime as either a felony or misdemeanor.
