What Did Reformers Commonly Believe About Prisons and Asylums

question 22

Multiple Choice

What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums?

• A) That the persons entering these institutions would likely never leave them.
• B) That they were not widely needed, and not many were built.
• C) That they would be excellent holding centers for society's undesirables.
• D) That the persons in the facilities could be used as forced labor in factories.
• E) That they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society.

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