Exam 6: Cause and Effect: Determining Reasons and Outcomes

psyche : ​

Before the agreement, California had more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other state.

rendered : ​

exculpation : ​

tacit : ​

An inmate who is violent in prison may be sent to solitary confinement.

The state of California plans to build new prisons to house dangerous prisoners.

scrutiny : ​

concessions : ​

The prisoners who filed the lawsuit claimed that solitary confinement violates their Second Amendment rights.

The new agreement is the result of a lawsuit brought by inmates. ​

malady : ​

abhors : ​

assailed : ​

debilitating : ​

eliciting : ​

When Felicia "Lisa" Morgan was growing up, her parents would sit down to eat with guns next to their plates.

conscience : ​

PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) has been employed as a strategy in many cases involving trauma victims.

Author Alex Kotlowitz says the inner city can be worse than war.