Identify a True Statement About the Prisons of Eighteenth-Century England

question 24

Multiple Choice

Identify a true statement about the prisons of eighteenth-century England.

• A) They were the primary instruments of punishments.
• B) They were more likely than their American counterparts to use corporal correction.
• C) They were mainly used to hold debtors.
• D) They held pretrial detainees who were guilty of committing misdemeanors.

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