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pickupchik [31]
3 years ago
5

Why did the United States begin opening prisons?

History
2 answers:
raketka [301]3 years ago
4 0
For the bad people to go and pay their scentence
sertanlavr [38]3 years ago
4 0
I believe that the most logical answer is that the United States needed a place to keep criminals in order to prevent them from committing more crimes.
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