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As many drug crimes were federalized, the federal prison population declined with less than one-third of all federal prison inmates serving sentences for drug offenses.

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The budgets for all three areas of the criminal justice system (police, courts, and corrections) have increased dramatically.

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The role of prisons in the U.S. criminal justice system over the past several years has grown tremendously.

Which type of Federal Bureau of Prison facility handles the highest number of inmates?

Which of the following is a recommendation of the 1967 report by the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice?

Who was the first director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons?

Inmates consider jail sentences very "easy time," because there is so little to do.

A(n) ________ prison is a secure correctional facility operated by a non-governmental agency and usually in a "for profit" manner.

Which company received the first private contract to house adult offenders?

The U.S. penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, was one of the three federal prisons authorized and built under the Three ________ Act of 1891.

Where was the first U.S. penitentiary established?

The use of prisons as a criminal sanction has increased, in part, because of the public's increasing fear of crime, decreasing tolerance of criminals, and demand for tougher sentencing laws.

How did Rhodes v. Chapman affect the application of the Eighth Amendment in regard to inmate treatment?

The decision of Congress to make a crime a federal rather than a state offense is to ________ a crime.

Which of the following is responsible for housing illegal aliens pending a hearing?

Which 1981 Supreme Court decision set forth that housing two inmates in a cell designed for one did not violate the Eighth Amendment's protection from cruel and unusual punishment?

A military correctional facility is also called a(n) ________.