Jack Is Incarcerated in the Southwest State Prison

question 2

Multiple Choice

Jack is incarcerated in the Southwest State Prison.He has been there for the past 12 years and has over 30 years left on his sentence.While incarcerated,his communication with his family has been restricted;most notably,any letters that he has attempted to send that criticize the conditions of the prison have been censored.Further,he has not been allowed to practice his religion because it is not a commonly practiced religion in the United States.Because Jack has been incarcerated for so long,it is likely that he will face great difficulty in integrating back into society.The difficulty of inmates in reintegrating is referred to as:

• A)institutionalization.
• B)deinstitutionalization.
• C)restitution.
• D)reentry.

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Definitions:

Probability

Probability measures the likelihood of a particular event occurring, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 1 represents certainty.

Probability Density Function

A function that describes the likelihood of a random variable to take on a specific value, used in the realm of statistics.

Discrete Probability Distribution

A statistical function that represents the probability of occurrence of each value of a discrete random variable.

Sample Space

The set of all possible outcomes or events in a statistical experiment.