Prior to 1860, prison reform in the United States

A. focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation.

B. included the practice of solitary confinement.

C. led to widespread calls to end capital punishment.

D. began largely in the West and spread to the East.

E. decried the racial bias of the judicial system.


B

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A. northern B. southern C. western D. eastern E. central

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