The Term Prison-Industrial Complex Has Been Used by Critics to Describe

question 54

Multiple Choice

The term prison-industrial complex has been used by critics to describe the current American prison system. What does this fact refer to?

• A) High rates of incarceration of persons of a lower class have led to a decrease in the industrial labor force.
• B) Prisons increasingly employ inmates in factory work (for example, constructing furniture or imprinting license plates).
• C) Large numbers of people have vested economic and political interests in the expansion of the prison system.
• D) Jails and prisons have instituted costly job training programs for inmates to enter industrial jobs on release.