Which statement identifies the central idea of the text?

A
The courts are hesitant to treat juvenile offenders like adult offenders, but sometimes it’s necessary when rehabilitation isn’t possible.
B
The courts are violating juvenile offenders’ rights by sentencing them as they would adults, and exposing them to cruel and unusual punishment.
C
Criminal justice for both adult and juvenile offenders should focus on rehabilitation over incarceration, as incarceration is ineffective and expensive.
D
Treating juvenile offenders as adults has been ineffective, wasteful, and unresponsive to what is known about adolescent brain development.

THE COST OF PRISON IN DOLLARS AND LIVES
by Michael P. Jacobson
Commonlit. com

C

Explanation:

Michael Jacobson is one of the most persuasive advocates of rehabilitation and actively works in decreasing the number of incarcerations in the USA, which is the most in the world.

In this article, he argues that be it juveniles or adults, the cost of incarcerating someone young and never giving them a chance of being a functional member of the society is counter intuitive to the problem it tries to solve.

The ineffectiveness of jails is  also in the fact that more often than not a jail term renders a person ineffective  in starting life over.

hospitality is mentioned many times in odysseus. it is known as xenia in the poem. one notable example is.

here is a poor man come, a wanderer,

driven by want to beg his bread, and everyone

in hall gave bits, to cram his bag—only

antinous threw a stool, and banged his shoulder

the lines show odysseus disguised as a beggar and shares his bread with another beggar in a weird way because he had to defeat him in order to eat. however, odysseus does not kill the old man and even shows his hospitality.

explanation:

have a great day!

a term is used to describe a sudden revelation in a short story is "showing forth".