## Step 5 - Speaking

#### Prison

In your group discuss the following questions:

1. Why do we put people in jail?
2. Do people come out of jail better people?
3. How can you tell when a person is ‘safe’ to release?
4. Does that mean that many people should never be released from jail?
5. What is a ‘life sentence’? Should it literally mean ‘life’?
6. What about ‘good conduct’? Should people be allowed out early if they behave themselves?
7. Should we try to make life as uncomfortable as possible for people in jail?
8. To make jail more unpleasant should criminals be obliged to carry out ‘hard labour’?
9. Under what circumstances should we send teenagers to jail?
10. What effect do you think it would have on them?