Prison administrators refused to hire women as correctional officers in men's prisons for many years because:
A. female correctional officers did not want to be in the vicinity of male criminals.
B. they believed that women were not physically strong enough to subdue violent male inmates.
C. females were not allowed by the law to serve in male prisons.
D. they felt that hiring female officers would cause friction among the male correctional officers.
Answer: B
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