INSTRUCTIONS: Examine the following items and determine which statement provides an appropriate or effective reason for the given positions.POSITION: It should be mandatory that prisoners work while in prison.
A. Prisoners are good-for-nothing fools who should have to work to pay their prison expenses.
B. Studies have proven that prisoners who have jobs have higher self-esteem and are less likely to cause trouble.
C. All prisoners in the penal system need to learn the value of hard work because none of them had jobs before being convicted.
D. Chain gangs were featured in the movie Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?.
Answer: B
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