It Is Often Quite Difficult for People to Readjust to Life

question 68

Multiple Choice

It is often quite difficult for people to readjust to life after prison because

• A) family members may have moved, died, or cut off communications, thereby removing a support network.
• B) there is not an economic incentive for employers to hire felons.
• C) once convicted of a felony in Texas, you never fully regain all of your rights, including your right to vote.
• D) the state requires that you repay the cost of your incarceration, so you are in debt to the state the minute you leave the prison.

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