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

question 22

Multiple Choice

The term "prison-industrial complex" has been used by critics to describe the current American prison system.This refers to the fact that:

• A) recent crackdowns on corporate crime have increased the proportion of inmates who are corporate executives
• B) prisons increasingly employ inmates in factory work (e.g., 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 upon release
• E) high rates of incarceration of persons of a lower class have led to a decrease in the industrial labor force

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