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

1.Most federal inmates have been sentenced for drug offenses.
2.Federal prison camps are sometimes referred to as “Club Fed.”
3.Most state facilities are on a permanent state of lockdown, whereby a prisoner can leave his cell only if accompanied by a corrections officer or other prison employee.
4.Three strikes legislation is a form of indeterminate sentencing.
5.Alcatraz was eventually shut down in 1963 because of prison riots.


1.true
2.true
3.false
4.false
5.false

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