The marks system is ______.

a. a graduated reward system providing privileges to prisoners for good behavior
b. the use of inmates’ labor by farmers or other contractors
c. a type of discipline instituted in the New York prison model
d. a set of informal rules that inmates live by vis-à-vis the institution and staff


a. a graduated reward system providing privileges to prisoners for good behavior

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