The story takes place in an 'orphancorp' which is an orphanage but is closer to a prison in terms of how it functions. The orphans are required to do manual labour and are punished with torture if they disobey. The rooms aren't segregated by gender so it's common for the orphans to get pregnant and have abortions. This is only mentioned in the book and isn't shown. The main character does engage in sexual acts with other orphans, including a steamy orgy. It's mentioned that one of the orphans is sexually involved with a guard, hence the adult/minor relationship tag. A slur for Aboriginal people is used once in the book and it's quickly condemned and corrected by the main character.