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Prisons Developed Differently in the South and North

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Prisons developed differently in the South and North. Which of the following is NOT considered a cause of the differences?


A) There was a preference in the South to have justice dispensed at the state rather than local level.
B) Religious groups in the North promoted penitentiaries, whereas religious groups in the South preferred the application of corporal and capital punishment.
C) Destruction brought by the Civil War meant Southerners directed their attention toward rebuilding their homes and communities rather than at philanthropic endeavors aimed at criminals.
D) The South's agricultural economy made prison farms and work camps more viable than large penitentiaries where inmates produced a product.

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