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

1. Research shows that private prisons are more efficient and cheaper than public prisons.
2. LGBTQ inmates are frequently involuntarily housed in solitary confinement.
3. Initially women were detained in the same facilities as men.
4. The most restrictive prisons are maximum-security.
5. Inmates at ADX are locked in their cells 23 hr a day.


1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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