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85 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following is not a commonly cited factor for high incarceration rates in the US?
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Violence in novels and comic books
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What are the two different philosophies about correctional organizations?
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Custodial and treatment
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The "Administrative Maximum" prison or ADX, located in in Florence, Colorado, is:
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the only federal supermax in the country
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Studies show that as inmates face greater restrictions and social deprivations, their levels of social withdrawal:
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increase to tend to result in depression, hostility, severe anger, sleep disturbances, and anxiety
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Given the negative psychological effects of many forms of long-term supermax confinement, researchers such as Craig Haney believe:
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all such facilities must implement the best and most humane of the available practices, and strict time limits should be placed on the length of ime that prisoners are housed in supermax.
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Cooper v Pate was one of the earliest prison cases and is significant because in it the supreme court first recognized:
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the use of Title 42 United States Code Section 1983 as a legal remedy of inmates
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Johnson v Avery was one of the first prison related court decisions that involved an alleged violation of a constitutional right - here, the right of:
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access to the courts
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in considering censorship of prison inmates' correspondence, the Court based its ruling not on the rights of the prisoner, but instead on:
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the free-world recipients' right to communicate with the prisoner
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Cruz v. Beto a supreme court decision involving the right of inmates to exercise their religious beliefs, involved:
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a Buddhist who was not allowed to use their prison chapel and was placed in solitary confinement for sharing his religious material with other prisoners.
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Bell v Wolfish, SC found searches of inmates' body cavities to be:
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proper, saying such practices were reasonable responses to legitimate security concerns
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Examples of "deliberate indifference" per the SC include all but which of the following
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requiring a prisoner to ride a prison van to the hospital rather than an ambulance
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Today, prisoners must be given all but which of the following due process rights?
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all of the above
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As with the police, there are several benefits to be realized for corrections agencies wishing to become accredited; they include all but which of the following?
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cost savings with respect to staff salaries
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Today's public ideology toward crime has led to _____ sentencing practices?
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get-tough
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the "just desserts" theory is based on the idea that:
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offenders make "free will" decisions to commit crime
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the state organization that oversees all the prisons is often termed the
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central office
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who made the highly publicized finding that, in prison programs, "almost nothing works"?
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Martinson
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the drug addicted offenders may receive all but which of the following types of treatment?
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family counseling
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what division of a state's central office oversees budget development and new prison construction
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administrative decision
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the administration of local jails frequently one of the major tasks of
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county sheriffs
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approximately how many locally administered jails are in the US?
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2,800
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which of the following is NOT a feature of the direct supervision jail?
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All blind spots are removed
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which of the following is not on of the actions that CO's must take in the new direct supervision jails
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be more highly trained in self-defense
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______ is seen by many correctional administrators as the major barriers to humane housing of offenders
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crowding
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the prison litigation act was enacted in an attempt to
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decrease frivolous lawsuits brought by inmates
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which of the following is NOT one of the four main parts of the Prison Litigation Reform Act?
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Emotional abuse requirement
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one of the four main parts of the PLRA if filing fee requirement; it mandates
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that prisoners pay court filing fees in full, even if monthly installments are necessary
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which of the following cases would be discouraged under the the prison litigation reform act?
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an inmate sues because he was served cold soup for lunch
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each frivolous or malicious lawsuit appeal that an inmate files counts as a ____ against the inmate
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strike
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according to the _______ of the Prison litigation reform act an inmate cannot file a lawsuit for mental or emotional injury unless he or she can also show physical injury
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physical injury requirement
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which of the following is NOT one of the six categories of the administration of probation systems?
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City
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a major social problem that prison administrators felt would deal a devastating blow to their inmate populations, but which never materialized, involved:
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AIDS/HIV
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which of the following is NOT part of systems theory as applied to probation
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Linear planning
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in systems theory, incarcerations rates would be classified as
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outcomes
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in systems theory policies and procedures would be classified as
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resources
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which of the following is NOT a basic service of parole agencies?
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parole release
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according to the systems theory for probation, inputs would include
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the probationer coming into the office for counseling
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which of the following is NOT one for the four goals that jails should attempt in preparing inmates for reentry into society?
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avoid a complex and time consuming intake and assessment process
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after examining the effects of a supermax prisons, Pizarro et al found all but which of the following to be true?
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these prisons do not present a danger to society beyond that of regular imprisonment
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the overriding concern in prisons and jails is, and should be,
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security
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Correctional organizations have two related management subsystems: one being that is concerned with managing inmates and the other with managing employees
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True
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the purpose of unit management in prisons is twofold: to decentralize the administration of the prison and to enhance communication among the staff and between staff and inmates
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true
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today there are over one million people in US prisons and jails
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true
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the mission of corrections agencies has changed little over time
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true
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there are now about 30 supermax prisons in the US
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true
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supermax inmates rarely leave their cells; in most, and hour a day our of cell time
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true
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supermax prison inmates are primarily distinguished by their large amount of access to vocational or educational programs
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false
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given the high degree of isolation and lack of activities a major concern voiced by critics of supermax facilities is their "social pathology" and potential effect on inmates' mental health
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true
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although there is very little research concerning the effects of supermax confinement, some authors point to isolation research that shows far lower levels of problems in such facilities
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false
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female inmates living in high security units have been found to experience calustrophobia, chronic rage, depression, haullicination , withdrawal, apathy
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true
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because of their relatively recent origin. the constitutionality of supermax prisons has been tested in only a few cases, which resulted in those prisons being shut down.
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false
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historically the courts followed a hands off policy regarding prisoners' rights deeming prisoners to be slaves of the state
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true
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traditionally the judiciary wanted to tell wardens how to operate their institutions
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false
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the mid 1960's brought a change of philosophy in the courts regarding prisoners' rights
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true
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prison inmates now retain all the rights of a free citizens except for those restrictions necessary for their orderly confinement
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true
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bounds v smith said that prisoners have a constitutional right to adequate law libraries or assistance from persons trained in law
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true
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procunier v martinez invalidated prison mail censorship regulations that permitted authorities to hold back or to censor mail to and from prisoners
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true
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estelle v gamble was the first major prison medical treatment case decided by the SC and was where the court coined the phrase deliberate indifference
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true
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deliberate indifference is where the serious medical needs of prisoners involve the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain
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true
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the wolff v mcdonnel decision was significant because for the first time the SC acknowledged that inmates are entitled to certain due process rights - fundamental fairness
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true
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ruffin v virginia included the rather famous statement that there is no iron curtain drawn between the constitution ans the prisons of this country
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false
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unlike police organizations it is NOT yet possible for corrections organizations to become accredited
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false
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since 1978 the American Correctional Association (ACA) has successfully argued against corrections accreditation
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false
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the SC's decision in dogg v connelly reinstataed the hands off doctrine on the part of the courts
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false
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the prison directors office normally has a legal division
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true
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most evaluations of direct supervision jails have been discouraging
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false
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the two different views of what a correctional organization should be are the custodial and treatment philosophies
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true
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truth in sentencing laws or policies involve restriction or elimination of parole eligibility and good time credits
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true
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to qualify for federal truth in sentencing funding, states must require violent offenders to serve at least 45 percent of their prison sentence
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false
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Pizzaro et al believe that supermax prisons potentially endanger society, beyond regular imprisonment
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true
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when an inmate claims that the conditions of his or her confinement violate the eighth amend he or she must show culpable state of mind on the part of the prison officials
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true
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among those reporting to the prison warden are deputy associate wardens for operations, special services, and administration
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true
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deputy wardens for operations normally oversee the library, mental health, drug, and alcohol recovery services, education, etc
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false
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deputy wardens for special services in prisons oversee correctional security, unit management, the inmate disciplinary committee, and rec
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false
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deputy wardens for administration typically manage the business office, prison maintenance, laundry, food service, medical, prison farms, and the issuance of clothing
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true
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a prisons correctional security dept is normally the largest dept with 50 to 70 percent of all the staff
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true
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the unit management concept now assists nearly every state in controlling prisons
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true
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according to the us dept of justice the prison litigation reform act has increased the number of civil rights petitions filed by prison inmates
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false
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according to the prison litigation reform act an inmate must first try to resolve his or her complaint through the prisons grievance procedure before filing a lawsuit
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true
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using systems theory, probation may be conceptualized as a network for interwoven resources, activities, and outcomes
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true
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the administration of probation is much less complex than that of parole
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false
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the two basic models for administering parole services are the independent and the consolidated models
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true
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jails that are well lit clean and have calming colors will be more comfortable and safer for inmates but have no effect on the transitional or reentry process
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false
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in direct supervision jails, inmates are grouped together and placed in pods and officers monitor them from the outside of bars and glass
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false
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custody and treatment are complementary in correctional organizations
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true
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