Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The term correctional institutions was originally applied only to prisons.
2. The Walnut Street Jail was originally used to house violent offenders.
3. Dr. Benjamin Rush led the reform efforts of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.
4. Dr. Benjamin Rush led the reform efforts of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True

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