All of the Following Statements Regarding the Auburn System of Prisons

question 16

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements regarding the Auburn System of prisons are true except

• A)prisoners were forbidden to speak to one another at any time.
• B)prisoners were required to work to provide their own keep.
• C)prisoners were kept in solitary confinement to contemplate their misdeeds.
• D)prisoners were regimented in military-type formation.
• E)the system was designed to reform prisoners and to save money.

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