Texas Jailers Course - Test 1 (History & Jail Concepts) Q&A 2023

Texas Jailers Course - Test 1 (History & Jail Concepts) Q&A 2023 The _______________ is a state regulatory agency for local law enforcement and county corrections systems within the state of Texas. * - ANS-TCOLE TCOLE - ANS-Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Effective communication skills on the part of the corrections officer are most important in which jail concept? * - ANS-Direct Supervision The Texas Legislature created TCJS in what year? * - ANS-1975 TCOLE - ANS-1965 In the ____________ design, cells form the perimeter around a common area, where staff is located relatively close to the cells to hear and observe what is occurring. * - ANS-Remote The ___________________ design consists of hallways bordered by cells typically joined to a centralized administrative area. * - ANS-Linear The Texas Legislature created TCOLE in what year? * - ANS-Sept. 1, 1965 The staff to inmate ratio is _____ in a correctional setting. * - ANS-1:48 The __________________ is the regulatory agency for all county jails and privately operated municipal jails in the state. * - ANS-TCJS TCJS - ANS-Texas Commission on Jail Standards An inmate supervision management style in which corrections officer(s) are stationed inside a housing unit 24 hours per day is called __________________. * - ANS-Direct Supervision The _______________ is the statutory authority for the Commission to establish rules that law enforcement agencies and corrections officers must follow. * - ANSOccupations Code The ____ Texas Legislature established TCOLE (then known as TCLEOSE) * - ANS59t