A _____ is a secure facility that typically holds arrestees, criminal suspects, and inmates serving sentences less than a year.

The ______ is considered the oldest prison gang.

Due process and equal protection are the two clauses of the ______ Amendment that particularly apply to inmates' rights.

According to the courts’ hands-off doctrine, decisions about prisons were considered a matter for the _____ branch, not the judicial. 

______ prison recalls the separate-and-silent systems in the Pennsylvania and Auburn prisons.

The first modern _____ prisons opened in the early 1980s.

_____ are correctional officers responsible for the security of a prison’s housing block.

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted” is from the _____ Amendment.

_____ defined the processes required for prison disciplinary proceedings.

A _____ is an extremely secure type of prison that strictly limits inmate contact with other inmates, correctional staff, and the outside world.

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