What is classification? According to page 160, chapter three, classification is the process of dividing an inmate population into manageable groups for custody and treatment purposes. There are different types of classification. The different types are external classification, internal classification, classification process, initial classification and reclassification. Classification can be based on psychology, professional education, health and other needs. This may be determined by prison site, housing assignment, work assignments, and availability of treatment programs. Classification has its advantages. On page 160, chapter three, it states that the classification of dangerous and aggressive inmates is placed at a high security level. Misclassification avoids most inmates. A staff member may classify a prisoner in a higher holding cell if necessary. External classification involves dividing inmates into groups that will be assigned to different prison facilities. The risk of external classification determines whether prisoners can go on temporary release or temporary removal. It also determines whether the inmate can find employment outside the prison, with monitoring and work groups. He helps the parole board. Inmates must participate in activities before their release from prison or their next court hearing. Internal classification is the process of assigning inmates to types of programs, work, and locations. Internal classification risk determines the inmate's security level. Whether they will have access to programs such as rehabilitation and special treatment units. Aptitude for various types of services, such as education, depending on the prison they are in. The classification process on the page states "that the process by which offenders are...... middle of paper ...... from cell block seven, fifteen feet down, eighty- seventeen feet to Fairmount Avenue and fifteen feet to Liberty. The tunnel was completed on April 3, 1945. The inmates joined the escape the next morning. It was twelve inmates who came out of the tunnel at the corner of 22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue and dispersed into other neighborhoods. Sutton was captured within minutes, two blocks from Eastern State. He took responsibility for the design and construction of the tunnel. Klinedinst wandered for three hours before he was caught. Russell was shot and captured on his way to his former girlfriend's house. Another man named James came back to the penitentiary one morning, rang the prison doorbell and asked if he could come back because he was hungry. Prison staff filled the tunnel with ashes from the prison hearth.