Which of the Following Most Accurately Describes the Number of People

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which of the following most accurately describes the number of people in U.S.prisons?

• A) Because of the excellent job the prisons are doing in rehabilitating inmates, the number of people incarcerated in the United States continues to decline.
• B) Because many activities have been decriminalized, the number of people incarcerated in U.S. prisons is at an all-time low.
• C) The ethnicity of state prisoners resembles the proportion of citizens in that state.
• D) The United States has the highest incarceration rate per capita in the world.
• E) The United States has more people in prison than other countries, but it has a larger population than other countries.

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