Solitary confinement was
a. the distinctive characteristic of the Auburn System.
b. the distinctive characteristic of the Pennsylvania System.
c. an extreme punishment inflicted only on murderers and rapists.
d. intended to punish convicts by driving them insane.
e. none of these choices.
ANS: B
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