Based on Information in the Text, Which Statement About Gangs

question 30

Multiple Choice

Based on information in the text, which statement about gangs and drugs in prison is FALSE?

• A) Research seems to indicate that about half of all prison violence is gang related.
• B) Over the last five years there has been a decline in gang membership in federal prisons.
• C) Estimates are that about 80 percent of all federal prisoners have a substance abuse problem.
• D) Attempts to measure drug abuse inside prisons have had positive test rates of about 10 to 12 percent.

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