Question

a piece of evidence used by howe in the second paragraph of the excerpt to support his argument about the goals of prison reform was that prison reformers
a saw prisons primarily as a form of punishment
b intended to use prisons to rehabilitate criminals
c sought to expand prisons to force debt repayments
d thought prisons were only to hold people before trial

Explanation:

Prison reformers aimed to rehabilitate criminals rather than just punish them. Option A focuses on punishment which is not the reform goal. Option C about debt repayments is not a main reform goal. Option D is incorrect as prisons had more purposes than just pre - trial holding. Option B aligns with the rehabilitation goal of prison reform.

Answer:

B. intended to use prisons to rehabilitate criminals