Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Pretrial detainees are generally held in prisons while awaiting their trial.
2. As of 2012, the combined incarceration rate for U.S. jails and prisons was the highest
in the Western world, at 712 per 100,000 U.S. residents.
3. The first supermax prison in the United States was in Attica, New York.
4. Incarceration in a supermax prison is expensive, at about $50,000 per year, as
compared to $20,000 to $30,000 to incarcerate an adult male in a lower-security prison.
5. Supermax facilities have the greatest internal and external security controls.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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