Read the passage and answer the question: "athenians suffered further hardship [from the plague] owing to the crowding into the city of people from the country districts; and this affected the new arrivals especially. for since no houses were available for them, and they had to live in huts that were stifling [hot and without air] in the hot season, they perished [died] in wild disorder. bodies of dying men lay one upon another and half-dead people rolled about in the streets and, in their longing [desire] for water, near all the fountains. the temples, too, in which they had quarter [sheltered] themselves were full of the corpses of those who had died in them; for the calamity [disaster] which weighed upon them was so overpowering that men, not knowing what was to become of them, became careless of all law" according to the passage, why were many corpses found near the city's fountains? a. sick people longed for water b. sick people longed to bathe. c. the plague was spread by water. d. there was no place else to put them.

Intensive management unit refers to a prison within a prison for some of the state’s most violent and dangerous offenders.  it is generally defined as holding someone in a cell, typically for 22 to 24 hours a day, with minimal human interaction.

IMU facilities are also used as housing for inmates who themselves are in danger.

Since Dan Pacholke – founder of the Sustainability in Prison Project and former Secretary for Washington State Department of Corrections implemented IMU facilities in prisons in the 1980’s, things have become quieter. Disturbances died down in the general population. Places became safer because those inmates who were most violent or disruptive could be isolated.  

Restrictive housing has become a common tool for responding to all levels of rule violations, from minor to serious but being held in restrictive housing can result in significant negative effects. Solitary confinement can have lasting psychological effects on human beings and is now considered as cruel.

National and international organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have taken significant steps to reduce the use of restrictive housing.