Corrections test #2 (100% Correct Answers)

1. Local institutions that hold people before trial, before they are sentenced, or after they are convicted to short terms are called ______. a. prisons b. halfway houses c. jails d. residential centers correct answers C. Jails 2. Jails were originally developed to ______. a. punish wrongdoers b. hold the accused for trial c. prevent rebellion d. house the mentally ill correct answers B. hold the accused for trial 3. Research indicates that the general public views jails as ______ than prisons. a. more punitive b. less punitive c. more rehabilitative d. less rehabilitative correct answers A. more punitive 4. In comparison to prisons, jails ______. a. are a newer development b. fulfill a more diverse role c. house more violent offenders d. focus more on rehabilitation correct answers b. fulfill a more diverse role 5. The vast majority of jails are operated by ______. a. private companies b. the federal government c. county sheriffs d. state governments correct answers c. county sheriffs 6. Jails for juveniles are called ______. a. reformatories b. detention centers c. penitentiaries d. residential treatment centers correct answers b. detention centers 7. During the COVID-19 pandemic, some jails addressed the illness by ______. a. paroling inmates with some good time b. transferring inmates to less crowded prisons c. holding sick inmates in solitary confinement d. quarantining new inmates for two weeks correct answers d. quarantining new inmates for two weeks