Advice and Opinion - January 2020

Who Is Included? A Black Woman’s Account Of Prison Employment

When you think about prison staff what image comes to mind? I ask this question because many people are surprised that a person who looks like me has worked in prisons. Whenever I tell people about my employment, I receive the same response, shock and dismay. Followed by questions about safety and racism. Then I arrive to my place of work, in my case it was four prisons in different regions over ...