Correctional Facility Volunteer Requirements Quiz
Test your knowledge of volunteer requirements and procedures in a correctional facility with this quiz. See if you understand the rules and regulations for entering housing areas and conducting services or meetings within the jail.
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Correctional Facility Volunteer Requirements Quiz
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- Question 1
- Having a scheduled appointment and assigned a location
- Visiting family in housing areas
- Being 21 years or older and of good moral character
- Carrying contraband into the jail
- Question 2
- Secure personal items in the volunteer's vehicle
- Leave personal items at the jail entrance
- Carry personal items into the housing area
- Keep personal items in the visitor's desk
- Question 3
- Have a passport for identification
- Have a valid picture identification and permit ID to be copied and kept on file at the jail
- No identification is required for volunteers
- Show identification only if asked by the Jail Administrator
- Question 4
- Obtain pre-approval and dress appropriately
- Wear revealing or excessively loose clothes
- Carry only authorized items into the jail
- Notify the Jail Administrator or On-Duty Sergeant about any personal items
- Question 5
- Avoid any contact with the relative
- Request to be assigned to a different area
- Notify the Jail Administrator or On-Duty Sergeant
- Carry necessary items for the relative
- Question 6
- 3 volunteers
- 10 volunteers
- 5 volunteers
- 7 volunteers
- Question 7
- Must follow only verbal directions
- Must follow only written directions
- Must follow all written and verbal directions
- Must follow directions from inmates
- Question 8
- Offer legal advice or answer legal questions
- Communicate any security issue or disruptive behavior to an officer immediately
- Engage in debates about personal beliefs
- Pass messages between inmates or a person outside the jail
- Question 9
- Offer legal advice or answer legal questions
- Communicate any security issue or disruptive behavior to an officer immediately
- Be considerate of inmates’ space and those who do not want to participate
- Provide personal information, phone #, address or place of employment
- Question 10
- Communicate any security issue or disruptive behavior to an officer immediately
- Be considerate of inmates’ space and those who do not want to participate
- Provide personal information, phone #, address or place of employment
- Discuss jail regulations
- Question 11
- Tank top
- Sweatshirt
- Collared shirt
- T-shirt
- Question 12
- Thick winter clothing
- Shorts
- Loose fitting jeans
- Sweatpants
- Question 13
- Money, phones
- Knives, tobacco products
- Hoods, hats, purses
- All of the above
- Question 14
- Sweatshirt
- Tank top
- Collared shirt
- T-shirt
- Question 15
- Shorts
- Open toe shoes
- Hoodies
- All of the above
- Question 16
- Money
- Thick winter clothing
- Tobacco products
- All of the above
- Question 17
- They will be fined and allowed to enter after surrendering the drugs
- They will be given a warning and allowed to enter after surrendering the drugs
- They will be allowed to enter after surrendering the drugs
- They will not be allowed to enter the facility and may be banned from future activities in the jail
- Question 18
- If the volunteer has a valid reason
- If approved in advance by the Jail Administrator or his designee
- If the volunteer is a professional photographer
- If the volunteer is accompanied by a staff member
- Question 19
- They will be given a warning and allowed to proceed
- They will be allowed to enter after compliance with the search procedures
- They will be asked to leave and may be barred from future activities within the jail
- They will be allowed to enter but under supervision
- Question 20
- Weapons of any kind, personal pepper spray, personal tasers, scissors
- Drugs (illegal or prescription), anything made of glass, money, tobacco of any kind
- Cellular Phones, charging cords, or tablets, alcohol, food items for inmates
- All of the above
- Question 21
- Provide counseling services
- Handle confidential documents
- Provide legal advice
- Personal favors or run errands
- Question 22
- Discuss it with other inmates
- Ignore the request
- Notify a jail supervisor immediately
- Fulfill the request discreetly
- Question 23
- Light, business related conversations about business issues which exclude deep focus on the issues, advice regarding the issues, personal views about the issues
- Legal advice discussions
- Deep personal discussions
- Political debates
- Question 24
- Legal matters
- Personal lives of the volunteers or personal views of the volunteers
- Staff, other inmates, or jail issues
- All of the above
- Question 25
- To gather information about the inmates
- To build trust and friendship with the inmates
- To establish a professional relationship with the inmates
- To prevent inmates from using the information to manipulate them
- Question 26
- To assist volunteers in their duties
- To ensure safety in the jail
- To use it for manipulation
- To establish a friendly relationship
- Question 27
- Share personal details cautiously
- Use personal information to gain inmates' trust
- Keep your private information private
- Discuss personal information openly with inmates
- Question 28
- Physically restrain the inmate
- Attempt to calm the inmate down
- Engage the inmate to de-escalate the situation
- Report the problem to a supervisor immediately
- Question 29
- Only trained employees of SCJ or other law enforcement agencies
- Contracted employees and volunteers
- Any individual present at the scene
- Inmates who are being threatened