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Prisons: emergency in Ecuador

Earlier this month, Ecuador's president declared a state of emergency after the leader of a powerful gang escaped from the maximum security wing of La Regional prison.

Published 26 January 2024

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How does this news story link to bigger problems with Ecuador's prison systems? And what's going wrong?

Use this one-hour lesson to help your students:

  • Create an "investigation board" to figure out what went wrong
  • Discuss what the main purpose of prisons should be
  • Identify how this news story links to bigger problems with Ecuador's prison systems

This lesson develops the following skill:

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Intermediate:
demonstrating listening

This resource was created as part of Festival 2024. See the student discussions here.

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