Behind Bars, Vets with PTSD Face a New Year Zone, with little support

PART A: Which of the following best identifies the central idea of the article?
A. Incarcerated veterans have an advantage over other inmates, since life in prison demands many of the same skills as wartime combat.
B. The harshness and cruelty of many high-ranking army officials often leaves military trainees scarred and unable to lead normall ves.
C. Institutional support is often lacking for veterans with mental health issues, which can lead to legal trouble and make the transition to civilian life even more difficult. D. The most effective way to rehabilitate an incarcerated veteran is by showing clemency and demonstrating faith in them.
PART B: Which phrase from the text best support the answers to Part A?
"And he got into plenty of fights, which is why he came up with his own version of prison basic training." (Paragraph 10)
B. "Hypervigilance isn't a bad thing if you're in Iraq, or ir prison. It's not so good if you're trying to recover from PTSD." (Paragraph 12)
C. "Or it could mean he's a stereotypical, strict Army officer, with none of the awe that civilians sometimes feel toward combat: vets." (Paragraph 24)
D. "...throughout all of this that's what I've been looking for. Just for people to see that I meant well, and that I went down the wrorg road." (Paragraph 40)

The judge read out his record: drugs, drunken driving, stealing booze while on parole, battery while in prison. Then the judge listed an almost equal number of previous opportunities he'd had at treatment or early release.

Carlson faced as much as six more years on lockdown — or the judge could give him time served and release him to a veterans treatment program instead.

The judge's tone was not encouraging.

"This criminal justice system frankly has bent over backwards in an effort to maintain you in the community," said Judge Donald Hassin Jr. "And frankly, sir, the response to all that has not been good."

Carlson has spent most of the past five years locked up. Before that he did two tours in Iraq. His family says the second tour, in particular, scarred him, sending back a man they hardly knew. They attribute his criminal behavior to war trauma — and the Department of Veterans Affairs agrees: Carlson has debilitating post-traumatic stress disorder. Being locked up isn't helping, he says.Explanation: