Which of the Following Statements About the American Prison System

question 33

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the American prison system is LEAST accurate?

• A)The crackdown on illicit drugs of the sort often found in poorer communities has resulted in large numbers of prisoners serving long sentences for nonviolent crimes.
• B)The job-skills training and educational classes available through the prison systems ironically make ex-convicts from poor neighborhoods more hirable than if they had stayed in school.
• C)The number of prisoners incarcerated in the United States has increased by more than two million since 1970.
• D)Blacks are imprisoned at higher rates than other groups in part because they are typically placed under closer police surveillance than other groups.

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