The Term Prison-Industrial Complex Has Been Used by Critics to Describe

Multiple Choice

The term prison-industrial complex has been used by critics to describe the current American prison system. What does this fact refer to?

A) High rates of incarceration of persons of a lower class have led to a decrease in the industrial labor force.
B) Prisons increasingly employ inmates in factory work (for example, constructing furniture or imprinting license plates) .
C) Large numbers of people have vested economic and political interests in the expansion of the prison system.
D) Jails and prisons have instituted costly job training programs for inmates to enter industrial jobs on release.