Prisons 1
Prisons 2
Abolition
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100

 The US has this distinction among countries when it comes to incarceration rates.

What is the highest incarceration rate in the world 

100

This racial group has the highest incarceration rate in the United States.

Who are Black Americans?

100

In the 18th and 19th centuries, what did the abolitionist movement want to abolish?

What is Slavery

100

What was a previous SEAYA meeting topic? (Oct-Feb) 

  1. Colonialism

  2. US Interference in Latin America

  3. Romance

  4. Wealth

100

This mans name appears more than 2 million times in the Epstein Files.

Who is Donald Trump

200

About this percent of the world’s prisoners are held in the United States despite the country only having 5% of the world’s population

What is 20%

200

This term describes prisons that are run by companies rather than the government.

Private Prison

200

Who said this quote? “Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings.”

Who is Angela Davis

200

What was a love language discussed in the Romance meeting?

Acts of service, Quality time, Words of affirmation, Gift giving, Physical touch

200

What is the zero sugar series for monster energy called

what is the ultra series 
300

The death penalty is still legal in this many US states

What is 27 states

300

The idea that prisons should be replaced with other systems of accountability and safety.

What is prison abolition?

300

What is one abolition strategy we read/discussed today?

  1. Identify and challenge punitive logic in everyday contexts

  2. Shift our everyday responses to harm from punishment to support

  3. Community members build skills to address/prevent harm

300

This is a school that was nicknamed the “School of Assassins.” 

School of the Americas

300

Other than killing the Ayatollah (leader of Iran) what else did they bomb

What is an all-girls school
400

California has built this many prisons over the past decade (bonus: how many universities were built in this time period?)

What is 19 prisons (1 university)

400

The US spends this amount on prisons per year

what is more than $80 billion

400
  1. What is an example of carceral/punitive practices we see in everyday life?

  1. Removing students that misbehaves from the classroom

  2. Cancel culture

  3. Arresting people for drug use

400
Who is the Venezuelan leader the US kidnapped 

Nicolás Maduro

400

This recently released movie, created by an influencer, follows the events of a video game

Iron Lung

500

Abolition seeks to dismantle the prison system and replace it with community-based solutions such as: (Multiple Correct Answers)

  1. Mental-health responders

  2. Invest in social welfare programs

  3. Community members build skills to address problems

500

The concept describing the relationship between prisons, government policy, and private business interests.

What is the Prison Industrial Complex?

500

Abolition seeks to dismantle the prison system and replace it with community-based solutions such as:

  1. Mental-health responders

  2. Invest in social welfare programs

  3. Community members build skills to address problems

500

What series of characters did we draw in the drawing telephone game for SEAYA's Anniversary meeting?

Sanrio

500

What is the direct consequence of Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz

Gas prices skyrocketing