Whereas Building More Prisons Would Cost the State $1

question 14

Multiple Choice

Whereas building more prisons would cost the state $1.6 billion, the Madden and Whitmore rehabilitation proposal cost the state ______.

• A) $2 billion
• B) $1 billion
• C) $500 million
• D) $241 million

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