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AssignmentMultiple Choice

The History and Nature of Parole in the United States

Question 7 • Introduction to Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

What was the reason for establishing penal colonies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

Answer
A
The penal colonies were established for prisoners to do masonry tasks
B
Prisoners could be closely watched and put to harsh labor on penal colonies.
C
The king set up these prisons far away so that the citizens would be out of harm's way
D
People wanted to exile criminals to remote settlements
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