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Corrections: Introduction to Exercise 3 - Prison life: survival in prison and the inmate code
What You Will Learn

The following exercise deals with:

Prison life
  • "no frills" prisons
  • adjusting to prison life
  • inmate code
Key Terms


inmate code
inmate rehabilitation
"no frills" prisons


prison subculture
recidivism
total institutions

Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

Read each passage and answer the questions that follow by clicking on the correct choice. If you choose the wrong answer, try again. The Answer box at the bottom of the choices will tell you if your answer is correct.
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