Task 3. Reading

 

Read the news story of two charity workers serving their sentence in prison. The text is linked to the higlighted word "text". Click on it and you can read it.

Answer the questions on the text.

  1. What is Ruth Wyner sentenced for?
  2. How long is the punishment?
  3. What is she waiting for / dreaming of?
  4. Who is she sharing the cell with?
  5. How does Ruth describe her life now, in the prison?
  6. Why is she called a victim of her own success?
  7. Why was Brock assessed as being at risk of self-harm?
  8. Do you think they have both deserved the prison sentence? Why, if yes or no?
  9. Based on the descriptions of prison life - what is the prison life like?
  10. If you were authorities, would you change anything is that case?
  11. Do you think that the two charity workers have been punished unfairly?