2. a) For what reasons are critics opposed to the practice of permitting inmates to purchase junk food?
b) How have wardens who support the plan responded to these criticisms?

3. a) Proponent and advocate are synonyms. What is the definition of proponent/advocate?
b) How do proponents/advocates of the junk food plan say it helps with discipline in prisons?

4. How has the money raised through the food purchase programs been used?

5. Inmate John Ash at the Miami Correctional Facility in Indiana sees a downside to the junk food plan: he has gained 10 pounds in recent months. Inmate Juan Kennedy at the Sebastian County Jail in Arkansas enjoys the junk food his sister has been buying him so much that he said "Sometimes it feels like it's not even jail." What do you think of these inmates' observations of the junk food program? Explain your answer.

6. Read the following comments made by Wall Street Journal readers. With which reader do you most agree? - or write your own opinion. Explain your answer:

• "My favorite quote was by the warden (from para. 12) '...the prison is better when INMATES ARE HAPPY'. Um why are people being punished happy?" (by Christ S.)
  
• "Having the option of a greasy burger certainly doesn't diminish the sting of punishment spent in isolation and behind bars. I'm not saying the inmates "deserve" this. Rather, if there's an economic and social benefit, why not?" (Holly M.)
  
• "I think that if ordering junk food helps people feel more like a human being so be it. Especially if it encourages the inmates to behave better in order to maintain their junk food privileges. As to jail being a punishment, I think that being locked up and unable to do the normal things that everyone does is punishment enough." (Louis C.)
  
• "One meal a day and only water. This will save money and they will be too weak to fight or cause problems." (Joshua S.)
  
• "prisons are always run better when inmates are happy" - that made me cringe. Put them in the fields to pick crops, you know - the jobs that Americans won't do. I would bet that being outside all day working, these prisoners will have less time and energy to get into more shenanigans." (Joseph G.)
  
• "What is wrong with a bologna sandwich on white bread and a cold glass of water after a hard day's work out in the fields or repairing roads?
  Since when are prison guards guarantors of justice and fairness?  Everybody should get the same food at the same time.
  Incarceration should not be a for profit business.
  Mental disorders should be addressed.
  Educational needs should be addressed.
  Once these people are in, we need to rehabilitate them, then get them out, not coddle them and expect nothing from them." (James S.)