Following the Ruiz decision, the Texas legislature dealt with the problem of overcrowded prisons in the mid-1990s by __________.
A. increasing its parole rate, even to the point of paroling violent offenders
B. accepting convicted felons at state prisons so that county jails did not have to house them
C. increasing the size of the prison system
D. early release programs for nonviolent drug offenders
Answer: C
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