Wayne Is an Architect

question 23

Multiple Choice

Wayne is an architect. He designs all kinds of buildings, but lately he has found that designing correctional institutions is a very lucrative business. He knows a couple of people who have gone to jail and prison and has been asked to come up with the best way to maintain security in each facility. Wayne is working on a project that will be a free-standing structure that houses inmates in pods. This will allow officers to supervise them differently. What is Wayne building?

• A) Medium-security prison
• B) New-generation jail
• C) Private prison
• D) Maximum-security prison

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Definitions:

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