Most Inmates in Jails Are Completing One-Year Sentences for Misdemeanors

question 112

True/False

Most inmates in jails are completing one-year sentences for misdemeanors.

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Definitions:

Government-backed Price Supports

Financial mechanisms provided by governments to maintain the market price of specific goods or commodities at a predetermined level.

Deficit Spending

The practice of spending more money than is taken in through revenues, leading to a government budget deficit, often financed by borrowing.

Demobilized Soldiers

Military personnel who are discharged back into civilian life after their service, often following the end of a war or military conflict.

Unemployment

The situation when individuals who are capable of working and are actively seeking employment are unable to find a job.