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BCOT COMPREHENSIVE TEST SCRIPT 2026
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
โ Corrections entails.... Answer: Incarceration, Probation, Parole โ Corrections levels of security: Lvl I. Answer: Transitional Centers โ Corrections levels of security: Lvl II. Answer: County Facilities โ Corrections levels of security: Lvl III/IV. Answer: Medium Security โ Corrections levels of security: Lvl V. Answer: Close (inmates w/ management problems) โ Corrections levels of security: Lvl IV. Answer: Maximum Security โ Probation. Answer: "Incarceration Light" โ Probation officers assist with:. Answer: (1) Prepare sentences, (2) orders of probation conduct pre-sentence investigations, (3)Record checks, (4) Assist local law enforcement agencies.
โ Parole definition:. Answer: Parole is the discretionary decision made by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to release an offender from confinement after he or she has served an appropriate portion of a prison sentence. โ Youth Offenders. Answer: 18 years old and younger โ Four Divisions in DOC. Answer: Facilities, Administration and Finance, Health Services, Inmate Services. โ Facilities Division. Answer: Offender/Administration Unit, Fire/Life Safety Unit, Transportation Unit, Tier Management, Special Operations, Planning & Analysis Unit. MOST IMPORTANT DIVISION. โ Administration and Finances Division. Answer: Human Resources, Admin Support, Risk Management, Financial Services, Budget Services, Business Support โ Health Services Division. Answer: Training and Education, Physical and Mental Health services, Offender recreation, Dental โ Inmate Services Division. Answer: Education Unit, Risk Reduction Unit, Transitional Services Unit, Chaplaincy Unit.
institution may take them away under certain circumstances. (i.e. phone calls, visitation, store calls.) โ Staff Responsibilities. Answer: Medical treatment, safety, sanitation, Use of force, Due process, Freedom of Speech, Press, and Religion, Search and Seizure, Drug Testing, Information. โ Confidential information can be sent or recieved from an inmates':. Answer: Lawyer, Doctor, Clergy Person, Mental Health Professional. โ Confidential Information Definition:. Answer: Communcations which concern the inmates Criminal History โ Criminal History Records Information:. Answer: Criminal fingerprint cards, Final Disposition, "Rap Sheets," Terminal responses from local sources, other states, or national CHRI files, Identifiable descriptions and notation of arrest, Criminal charges, dispositions & sentences. โ For a Tort case the inmate has to prove:. Answer: Simple Negligence, Gross or Wanton Negligene, Intentional Wrong. โ Section 1983 Case states the inmate must prove:. Answer: The staff member deprived the prisoneer of a U.S. Const right,privilege,
or immunity, and the staff member acted under the "Color of Law" (misuse of authority). โ Good Faith:. Answer: No intent to harm; absence of malice โ Reasonable Conduct:. Answer: Behavior that is acceptable โ Justification. Answer: The act can be justified according to laws, rules, regulations, and training. โ Demeanor. Answer: Ones outward behavior, conduct or deportment. โ Credibility. Answer: Ones testimony is worthy of confidence or is believable. โ First Amendment. Answer: Freedom of religion, speech, press, right to assemble peaceably. โ Fourth Amendment. Answer: unreasonable arrest, unreasonable search and seizure. โ Fifth Amendment. Answer: Right of a grand jury indictment for capital or otherwise infamous crime, right against double jeopardy,
โ Disciplinary Sanctions. Answer: Penalties or punishment for violations or noncompliance of those rules. โ Disciplinary Isolation. Answer: lose certain privileges, not rights. โ Administrative Segregation. Answer: retain all privileges as other offenders with the exception of free movement. โ Who must a DR be written by?. Answer: The individual who witnessed the event. โ When should a DR be completed by?. Answer: Within 24 hours of the discovery of the infraction. โ 1st Step to a DR:. Answer: (1) Offender commits violation, (2)Staff Member observes/Has reason to believe offender committed violation โ 2nd Step to a DR:. Answer: (1) DR is given to shift supervisor, upon approval reporting officer delivers DR to offender w/in 24 hrs. โ 3rd Step to a DR:. Answer: Disciplinary hearing will take place w/ Disciplinary investigator, staff advocate, and accusing officer present.
โ 4th Step to a DR:. Answer: The offender has fifteen days to appeal the charge to the warden. โ 5th Step to a DR:. Answer: The offender has fifteen days to appeal the Wardens decision to Director of the office of personal standards. โ D.R. Investigator. Answer: Appointed by the Warden. Ensures a thorough finding of the facts. Primarily responsible for advising the prisoner of their rights. โ Staff Advocate. Answer: Appointed to ensure that due process is afforded, and the offender understands the disciplinary process. โ Hearing Officer. Answer: Must have considerable knowledge of the rules, regulations and experience in the disciplinary process. โ Multiple Offenses. Answer: an offender w/ multiple offenses of the same level in a period of 90 days can have a sanction placed on them on a higher category of punishment. โ Communication Process. Answer: (1) Sender encodes the message, Message sent, (2) Message recieved, (3) reciever decodes the message, (4) receivers shows understanding,(5) Feed back.
โ Emergency Greivance. Answer: An unexpected situation involving the health, safety, or welfare of an offender that requires a prompt action. โ Good Cause. Answer: a legitimate reason involving unusual circumstances that prevented the offender from timely filing a grievance or an appeal. โ Greivance coordinator. Answer: The individual assigned by the warden or superintendent to manage the grievance process at the local facility and serve as the primary point-of-contact. โ Active Greivance. Answer: A greivance that is currently being worked at the local facility level and has not been resolved or appealed to the Commissioner's level. โ Greivable Issues. Answer: Unless otherwise stipulated, any condition, policy, procedure, or actions directed toward oddenders over which the GDC has control may be grieved. โ Non-Greivable issues. Answer: Tentative Parole Month, Disciplinary Hearings/Sanctions, Placement in Administrative Segregation, Medical Co-Pay Appeals, Transfers to or from specific prisons, Room, Dorm, or Bed assignments
โ Greivance Limits. Answer: Limited to two active greivances. In order to file a third he or she must drop a greivance. Greivances w/ threats, slurs, profanity, insults, or racial slurs will be rejected. โ Original Greivance. Answer: The offenders complain and requested relief must be stated legibly & in writing in the space provided, the offender must sign the form and hand deliver it to any counselor so they can get a receipt. The incident must be submitted no later than 10 day from the incident. โ Screening the Greivance. Answer: The Greivance Coordinator will screen it to determine whether to accept it or to recommend rejection to the Warden. If the Warden rejects the grievance, the warden will send the rejection decision to the Greivance Coordinator, who will send it to the offenders counselor. The offender may appeal the Warden's rejection to central office. โ Processing the Greivance. Answer: Look in book and notes for this portion. โ Color Codes of Awareness: White. Answer: relaxed/unaware and unready โ Color Codes of Awareness: Yellow:. Answer: relaxed, but alert and aware
โ The Set-up. Answer: Observation, Selection, Testing, Befriending, Intimacy, Creating Doubt, Increasing Demands, The Threat, the Sting. โ Confidential Informants Can:. Answer: Furnish information not readily available, Make observations on offenders who are potential escape risks, Keep a watchful eye on offenders who are likely to injure themselves or others, Report conduct that is in violation of the rules and regulations. โ Informant motives. Answer: Revenge, Fear, Animosity, egotism, hope for reward, desire to reform. โ Count Procedures. Answer: Don't be distracted, Be positive you see Human Flesh, No movement of offenders during count, Double Count Required. โ Supervisory Requirements by Security Levels: Close. Answer: Offenders assigned to this category are suspected escape risks, habitual rule violtors, have assaultive criminal or facility history, unreliable and those against whom detainers for serious crimes are on file. Requires armed supervision while outside security bounds. โ Supervisory Requirements by Security Levels: Medium. Answer: Must establish relibility, have no major adjustment problems and have no current alchol or drug addiction. Typically cooperative, and require constant supervision outside security bounds.
โ Supervisory Requirements by Security Levels: Minimum. Answer: Have shown themselves capable of abiding by rules and presenting minimum risk of escape as well as minimum risk to community and facility safety. subject to hourly checks inside and outside the facility. Must not have multiple escape or violent offenses. โ Drug. Answer: Any chemical substance, including alcohol, which affects a person in such a way as to bring about physiological, emotional, or behavioral changes. โ Drug Abuse. Answer: The misuse of any substances or drug. โ Narcotics. Answer: Drugs that relieve pain and often induce sleep. (i.e. opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone.) โ Stimulants. Answer: Stimulants are drugs which increase alertness and activity (i.e. amphetamines, math amphetamines, cocaine). โ Depressants. Answer: slow down the central nervous system and relieve anxiety. (i.e. alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers)
