22. GWD-18-Q22

In each of the past five years, Barraland’s prison population has increased.  Yet, according to official government statistics, for none of those years has there been either an increase in the number of criminal cases brought to trial, or an increase in the rate at which convictions have been obtained.  Clearly, therefore, the percentage of people convicted of crimes who are being given prison sentences is on the increase.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

A.      In Barraland the range of punishments that can be imposed instead of a prison sentence is wide.

B.       Over the last ten years, overcrowding in the prisons of Barraland has essentially been eliminated as a result of an ambitious program of prison construction.

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.

D.      Barraland has been supervising convicts on parole more closely in recent years, with the result that parole violations have become significantly less frequent.

E.       The number of people in Barraland who feel that crime is on the increase is significantly greater now than it was five years ago.

参考答案是C。偶没有弄明白文章说什么请高手给指点一下。谢谢

过去10年，某个监狱犯人增多了，不是因为审得多，不是因为抓到的人多，所以犯罪被判刑的人在增多。

A 惩罚方法多了

B 拥挤问题被解决了

C 刑期变长

D 监察保释犯严了

E 更多人感觉犯罪多了

C刑期变长，导致释放的犯人少，是监狱人增多的一个他因

谢谢，明白了