The correct answer to this open question is the following.
The most likely definition of the word cumbersome is something that is difficult to carry because is so heavy. Another meaning is a complicated situation that needs to be addressed. Some synonyms of the word cumbersome can be ponderous, clumsy or awkward. "Cumbersome" is commonly applied when we have a specially difficult situation, moment or problem that invite us to attend to keep on moving to do other things.
that cannot be cured must be endured.
That cannot be cured, must be endured.
^ capitalizing T in that^ adding a comma after cured to let the reader know enduring is a second/different act.
Answer: (C) Ten years ago, Barraland reformed its criminal justice system, imposing longer minimum sentences for those crimes for which a prison sentence had long been mandatory.
Explanation:
If longer minimum sentences for those crimes for which a prison sentence had long been mandatory have been imposed, we could infer that the higher population is not due to a rise in the number of prison sentences, but on longer sentences which leads to more people being imprisoned at the same time.
The fact that overcrowding in the prisons of Barraland has been eliminated due to a program of prison construction, doesn´t contradict the idea of imprisonment being on the rise. Furthermore, the need to construct goes with the rise in the population.
Parole violations becoming significantly less frequent would lead to fewer prisoners, not more.
A. Our experience with freedom should be offered to guide other nations