Multiple Choice
The enormous investment in our prison industrial complex, combined with the perceived political benefits of crime control, have led to policies which ensure that more people are sentenced to prison, thereby creating the need for more prison beds. In this way, the prison industrial complex can be likened to a:
A) scavenger
B) self-perpetuating machine
C) dependent child
D) the "New Jim Crow"
Correct Answer:
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