Privatization of prison systems
a. has been proposed to enhance capacity, but no private firms have been willing to step forward and take onsuch an immense, complex, and dangerous job.
b. has not yet been tried; no state has yet experimented with privatized prisons.
c. raises a number of constitutional questions about delegation of such authority, and the majority of studiesindicate that operating cost savings have been marginal or nonexistent.
d. has been inconclusive because experiments in Pennsylvania, Florida, Louisiana, and Tennessee have foundthat privatization of correctional facilities actually increases the costs of housing inmates by 37 percent.
Question 2
Which of the following is NOT an indication that Nigeria has sought to play an important role in African politics?
a. It has borne a disproportionate share of the costs associated with the Economic Community of West African States.
b. It has been a major provider of peacekeeping forces throughout Africa.
c. It played a leading role in transforming the Organization for African Unity into the African Union.
d. It adopted a nonaligned stance during the Cold War insisting that this conflict had little to do with African politics.
e. Its leaders have helped to mediate crises in the region.
A proposed molecular mechanism of prion diseases.
The internal organization of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems in a mammal.
Representative nervous systems throughout the animal kingdom.
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