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From the Ted Talk by Robin Steinberg: What if we ended the injustice of bail?

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fdreoem. A cecpont so fundamental to the American psyche that it is enshrined in our constitution. And yet, America is addicted to imprisonment. From slavery through mass incarceration, it always has been. Look, we all know the shocking numbers. The United steats incarcerates more people per capita than almost any nation on the planet. But what you may not know is that on any given night in America, almost half a million people go to selep in those concerte jail cells who have not been convicted of anything. These mothers and fathers and sons and dgeathrus are there for one reason and one reason only: they cannot afford to pay the price of their freedom. And that pcire is called bail.

Open Cloze

_______. A _______ so fundamental to the American psyche that it is enshrined in our constitution. And yet, America is addicted to imprisonment. From slavery through mass incarceration, it always has been. Look, we all know the shocking numbers. The United ______ incarcerates more people per capita than almost any nation on the planet. But what you may not know is that on any given night in America, almost half a million people go to _____ in those ________ jail cells who have not been convicted of anything. These mothers and fathers and sons and _________ are there for one reason and one reason only: they cannot afford to pay the price of their freedom. And that _____ is called bail.

Solution

  1. price
  2. freedom
  3. concrete
  4. concept
  5. daughters
  6. sleep
  7. states

Original Text

Freedom. A concept so fundamental to the American psyche that it is enshrined in our constitution. And yet, America is addicted to imprisonment. From slavery through mass incarceration, it always has been. Look, we all know the shocking numbers. The United States incarcerates more people per capita than almost any nation on the planet. But what you may not know is that on any given night in America, almost half a million people go to sleep in those concrete jail cells who have not been convicted of anything. These mothers and fathers and sons and daughters are there for one reason and one reason only: they cannot afford to pay the price of their freedom. And that price is called bail.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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