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Conversation Questions on Jail

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What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘jail’?

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Do you think jails work?

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Would you like to work in a jail?

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How would you feel if you had to spend a couple of months in jail?

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Do you think people leave jail better people or better criminals?

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What are the jails like in your country?

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What do you think prisoners do in jail every day?

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Do you think jails are dangerous places?

9)

In prison escape movies, do you always want the prisoners to escape? Why?

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Would you live in a house / apartment that was right next door to a jail?

1)

How did jails start?

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Do you think there are better ways of reforming criminals than sending them to jail?

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How do you think jails around the world are different?

4)

What’s the best way to escape from jail?

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Would you visit me in jail?

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If you were in jail, what would you miss most about the outside?

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If you were in jail, what would you worry about most?

8)

An American politician once said: “I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.” What do you think of this?

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Do you think life in jail should mean life in jail?

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What would you like to ask someone who is in jail for life?