Barbara Is a Yard Officer

Multiple Choice

Barbara is a yard officer.She notices that several inmates are banding together in groups by race, ethnicity, and gang affiliation.She alerts the rest of the staff that she is concerned that there may be problems brewing, and asks for additional staff to be sent to the yard.What was Barbara doing?

A) applying the correctional philosophy of deterrence
B) reading the yard
C) overreacting to normal inmate behavior
D) discriminating against certain ethnic groups