Pennsylvania description:

Pennsylvania description:

• A. Complete isolation - encourage reflection and remorse - prohibited from speaking
• B. Multi-tiered - tower in the center - supervised at all times
• C. Eat and work together - isolated at night - total silence
• D. Inmates are kept in a social, collaborative environment

Answer: (A)

This is describing the Pennsylvania system: complete isolation in individual cells, with inmates prohibited from speaking, intended to encourage reflection and remorse. The idea was that solitary confinement would lead to penitence and reform through personal contemplation, not through labor or social interaction. The other descriptions fit different correctional models—one leaning toward a centralized, highly supervised regime; another combining group meals and work with silence and nighttime isolation; and another depicting a social, collaborative environment—none of which match the solitary, reflective emphasis of the Pennsylvania system.

This is describing the Pennsylvania system: complete isolation in individual cells, with inmates prohibited from speaking, intended to encourage reflection and remorse. The idea was that solitary confinement would lead to penitence and reform through personal contemplation, not through labor or social interaction. The other descriptions fit different correctional models—one leaning toward a centralized, highly supervised regime; another combining group meals and work with silence and nighttime isolation; and another depicting a social, collaborative environment—none of which match the solitary, reflective emphasis of the Pennsylvania system.