The desire for warm, stable relationships that are otherwise unobtainable in the prison environment often leads the female inmate to:

A. engage in self-mutilation behavior.
B. develop elaborate black market economies.
C. create make-believe families.
D. marry prison guards and staff.


Answer: C

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