Incarceration in a Supermax Prison Is Expensive, at About $50,000

question 15

True/False

Incarceration in a supermax prison is expensive, at about $50,000 per year, as compared to $20,000 to $30,000 to incarcerate an adult male in a lower-security prison.

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Definitions:

Intermodal Sensation

The integration and coordination of sensory information from different modalities, such as sight and sound, enabling a united perception of events.

Bottom-Up Processing

An approach to information processing that starts with small details and works up to a complete perception.

Feature Processing

In psychology, feature processing is the method through which the brain identifies and processes distinct elements of an object or scene, such as color, shape, or motion.