| A | B |
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| Total Institution | Setting where persons sharing similar circumstances are cut off from society as a whole and expected to live under specific rules/procedures |
| Convist Code | Collection of values shared by prioners while they are incarcerated |
| Deprivation Model | Theory that suggests that prison society arises as a response to prison environment/conditions |
| Prisonization | Process of inmate becoming socialixed into the prison setting/customs of inmate society |
| Importation Model | Theory that suggests that inmate society is shaped by the attributes that prisoners bring with them from the outside |
| Sub-rosa economy | Illicit exchange of goods and services among the inmates (black market) |
| Pseudo-family | Term for the "substitute" family system that often arises in female prisons |
| "Cool" Role | Term for a career criminal in prison. An expert at manipulation of prisoners/guards |
| Habeus Corpus | Court order that mandates that a inmates be brought to court and let his/her claims be heard |
| "Punks" | Term for a vulnerable inmate |
| "Private Culture" | Niche of prison culture that meets their unique needs |
| Jailhouse Lawyer | Inmate schooled in legal matters |
| Hands-off philosophy | Philosophy where courts are reluctant to hear prisoners' appeals while in prison |
| Parole | Conditional "early" release from prison |
| Commutation | Reduction of original sentence |
| Mandatory release | Release after stated by law...not by discretio of paroel board |
| Recidivism | Return to crime after having done the time |
| Average recidivism rate | Approximately 40% |
