Facebook pulls prisoner pages over taunts

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/ptech/02/11/facebook.prisoners/index.html

Questions

1. Do you think was it a good decision to delete prisoners’ pages on Facebook? Why do you think so?

2. Do you think should we criminalize the act of smuggling cell phones into prison?

How can we prevent it?

3. Do you think prisoners should be given access the internet under censorship? and why? If we allow them to do that, how can we censor it?

Vocabulary

taunt: to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.

amid: in the middle of; surrounded by; among.

contraband: anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.

decency: conformity to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc.

deplorable: causing or being a subject for grief or regret.

publicize: to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise.

harass: to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.

intimidate: to make timid; fill with fear.

smuggle: to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, esp. without payment of legal duty.

parole:the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.