Which of the Following Statements About Prisons Is True

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about prisons is true?

• A)The cost to keep a prisoner in the federal prison system for one is year is very low, about $6,000 per year.
• B)Spending time in prison makes it unlikely that the ex-felon will ever commit another crime.
• C)Spending time in prison often makes the ex-felon a more hardened criminal.
• D)The average convict serves most of his sentence.
• E)Most African American men are either in prison or otherwise under the control of the penal system.

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