________ are payments for actual losses, which may include out-of-pocket expenses an inmate incurred in filing a suit, other forms of monetary or material loss, and pain, suffering, and mental anguish.

A. Compensatory damages
B. Punitive damages
C. Special damages
D. Nominal damages


Answer: A

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