During the "Hands-Off" Phase of Judicial Intervention in Corrections, the Courts

During the "hands-off" phase of judicial intervention in corrections, the courts did not tend to interfere with correctional practices for many years because:

A) The right of inmates to appeal conditions of confinement had not been established
B) Correctional administrators were presumed to be the experts who knew best how to run their facilities
C) Public attitudes were much more liberal then
D) A and B
E) All of the above