What Is Notable About the Angola Three

question 25

Multiple Choice

What is notable about the Angola Three?

• A)They were three correctional officers who were killed in Illinois, prompting the creation of the first supermax prison.
• B)They are three inmates who spent between 29 and 40 years in solitary confinement, demonstrating that there is no limit on the length of time an inmate can spend in isolation.
• C)They were three inmates denied the right to practice their faith behind bars, prompting a lawsuit that was eventually settled by the Supreme Court.
• D)They were three correctional officers who were fired for sexually assaulting female prisoners in Louisiana's Angola prison.

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Definitions:

Structural Rearrangement

A process involving changes in the arrangement of atoms within a molecule, leading to the formation of a different structural isomer.

Cations

Positively charged ions that have more protons than electrons, resulting from the loss of one or more electrons.

Inversion

In chemistry, this refers to the process by which the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule is reversed.

Retention

The phenomenon where the configuration of a molecule remains unchanged during or after a chemical process.