Kids in Crisis (Behind Bars)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/opinion/28kristof.html?ref=opinion

Questions:

1. Why a child in custody is about twice as likely to be raped as an adult behind bars?

2. Do you think should prisoners and the guards should be the same sex?

3. How to prevent sexual assaults behind bars?

New Vocabulary

-torture : If someone is tortured, another person causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information.

-abuse : Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.

-juvenile : A juvenile is a child or young person who is not yet old enough to be regarded as an adult.

-correctional facility : prison

-convict : If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a law court.

-arson : Arson is the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building or vehicle.

-rape : If someone is raped, they are forced to have sex, usually by violence or threats of violence.

-advocacy : Someone’s advocacy of a particular action or plan is their act of recommending it publicly.

-inmate : The inmates of a prison or mental hospital are the prisoners or patients who are living there. 

-stunning : A stunning person or thing is extremely beautiful or impressive, and a stunning event is extremely unusual or unexpected.

-predator : People sometimes refer to predatory people or organizations as predators.

-stigma : If something has a stigma attached to it, people think it is something to be ashamed of.

-dignity : If you talk about the dignity of people or their lives or activities, you mean that they are valuable and worthy of respect.

-impunity : If you say that someone does something with impunity, you disapprove of the fact that they are not punished for doing something bad.