Incarceration in Texas is intended to serve several purposes. Which of the following results has been achieved by the Texas system of prisons and jails?

a. Reducing the overall crime rate
b. Reducing the recidivism rate
c. Reducing the murder rate
d. Keeping prisoners from becoming more accomplished criminals
e. The prison system has not accomplished any of the above results.


E

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