With more than two million prisons,the U.S.prison system employs large numbers of workers and contributes to many independent and private contracts.This is a/n _____ of incarceration.
A) intentional function
B) beneficial function
C) manifest function
D) latent function
E) dysfunction

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A latent function is an unintended and often unrecognized consequence of an institution or social process. In this case, the large number of workers employed and independent/private contracts created are not the intended function of the prison system, but rather a latent function resulting from its existence.

With More Than Two Million Prisons,the U