During the course of the 1980s-that is, from 1980 to the end of 1989-the number of prisoners incarcerated in state penal institutions:
A) increased.
B) decreased.
C) remained the same.
D) fluctuated wildly and erratically from year to year.
E) none of the above.

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The number of prisoners incarcerated in state penal institutions increased during the 1980s, a trend that was part of a broader rise in incarceration rates in the United States during this period.

During the Course of the 1980s-That Is, from 1980 to the End