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What does the word carceral mean?

Having to do with the jail/prison system
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Are family courts open to the public or are they closed?

they are closed, cases are private

100

How many crayons did the first Crayola box have?

8 crayons

The colors were red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown and black. 

200

What does the word abolition mean?

General definition: To end or destroy a system

Prison abolition definition: political vision with the goal of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and creating lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment. 

200

When was CPS (Child Protective Services) established?

1976

The federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 1976 established CPS agencies that were vested with the responsibility of investigating suspected child abuse and protecting children.
200

When was Cartoon Network launched?

October 1, 1992

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What does the word surveillance mean?

the monitoring of behavior, activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing or directing

300

True or False: The majority of children are removed from their parents due to neglect than abuse

True

Neglect in CPS cases is seen as a vague (not clear) legal category that centers on a parent's failure to provide food, housing, child care or failure of parent to get treatment for mental health or substance abuse.

300

What was the original name of Cheerios?

CheeriOats

400

What is the foster care industrial complex?

a multi-billion-dollar government apparatus that regulates millions of marginalized people through intrusive investigations, monitoring and forcible removal of children from their homes to be placed in foster care, group homes and “therapeutic” detention facilities

400

What is the 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act?

an act that gave financial incentives for states to reduce their foster care populations by increasing adoption rather than offering cash, food, housing or childcare assistance to families

400

True or False: The Legos from 1958 fit with Legos from today?

True

500

What does racist ideology mean?

a system of ideas about race that allow for racist behaviors, laws, policies, systems, & governments to seem reasonable, rational, and normal

500

True or False: Most of the money Congress gives to child welfare does not go to foster care.

False

Most of the money goes to foster care

In 2018, 8 out of 9 billion of dollars given to child welfare went to forster care

500

True or False: Mario from the Nintendo game was originally named Jumpman

True