You Are the New Warden at a Facility Where Use

question 35

Multiple Choice

You are the new warden at a facility where use of force has been excessive in the past. What new policy would be most likely to lead to limited use of force in the future?

• A) instating a policy of swift punishment for noncompliance
• B) hiring a large number of new, younger staff
• C) isolating the staff from the outside world
• D) encouraging staff-inmate communication

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Definitions:

Rollo May

An American existential psychologist known for his works on existential psychology and the human dilemma of anxiety, love, and death.

Defense Mechanisms

Unconscious psychological strategies used to protect oneself from anxiety or distress.

Ultimate Concerns

Fundamental existential questions or deep worries that relate to the meaning of life, death, freedom, and isolation.

Awareness

The state or ability to perceive, feel, or be conscious of events, objects, thoughts, emotions, or sensory patterns.