Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Substance Abuse
Harsh words and a tough order-how do we play this?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 23464" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>CAmom I dont know if they have programs like this where you live, but you might ask if there is anything like this available </p><p></p><p>I have worked in a Close Security State correctional facility for over twenty years. And although we are not currently doing it, we used to have a program for kids from the various Juvie halls, group homes and wilderness programs to come and spend a day with us so they could see for themselves what life in the big boy jail is really like! Our program was in-house, but there is a national program called Scared Straight that it was patterned on. Most of them had no idea and thought it would be just like Juvie only with bigger kids NOT! Most of them were genuinely shocked and it was a real awakening for them. It was a very effective way of getting through to them that This is where youre heading and you dont want to be here!</p><p></p><p>They would take them on a tour of our compound and the housing units the safer areas but the kids didnt know that. And our inmates, eager to do their part, would leer and whistle and just generally be obnoxious. One bunch of kids who had a female counselor with them were giggling because they assumed that the hoots and whistles and obscenities were in her honor. The Lieutenant who was taking them around changed a whole lot of attitudes instantly when he said, You think theyre whistling at HER? Theyre whistling at YOU, kid! Not nice, but very effective. Theyd take them down to our High Security building, lock them in cells, and bring them lunch in the little styrofoam trays. Then after they had been in there a few hours and were ready to come out, the staff suddenly got too busy for a while to let them out! And they stayed too busy until even some of the worst of them were in tears!</p><p></p><p>When they let them out, theyd bring them up to our conference room where several carefully selected inmates addressed them and answered questions. These guys were all Trustees and very good inmates, but the kids didnt know that either. And they purposely tried to find the scariest, most threatening looking inmates to do this! The more tattoos the better! And they didnt pull any punches either with the kids. They told them exactly what it was like to spend your life living in a prison, and how if they ended up there or not was entirely up to them! </p><p></p><p>It didnt work with all of them long-term, but with some of them it did, so it was well worth it. Some of the programs required the kids to write letters to the prison about what they thought about the tour. One kid wrote, You didnt have to bring me in there to scare me! I was scared on the bus! :eek: You might ask if anything like this is around in your area, or suggest it if its not. Your boy would be a very good candidate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 23464, member: 1883"] CAmom I dont know if they have programs like this where you live, but you might ask if there is anything like this available I have worked in a Close Security State correctional facility for over twenty years. And although we are not currently doing it, we used to have a program for kids from the various Juvie halls, group homes and wilderness programs to come and spend a day with us so they could see for themselves what life in the big boy jail is really like! Our program was in-house, but there is a national program called Scared Straight that it was patterned on. Most of them had no idea and thought it would be just like Juvie only with bigger kids NOT! Most of them were genuinely shocked and it was a real awakening for them. It was a very effective way of getting through to them that This is where youre heading and you dont want to be here! They would take them on a tour of our compound and the housing units the safer areas but the kids didnt know that. And our inmates, eager to do their part, would leer and whistle and just generally be obnoxious. One bunch of kids who had a female counselor with them were giggling because they assumed that the hoots and whistles and obscenities were in her honor. The Lieutenant who was taking them around changed a whole lot of attitudes instantly when he said, You think theyre whistling at HER? Theyre whistling at YOU, kid! Not nice, but very effective. Theyd take them down to our High Security building, lock them in cells, and bring them lunch in the little styrofoam trays. Then after they had been in there a few hours and were ready to come out, the staff suddenly got too busy for a while to let them out! And they stayed too busy until even some of the worst of them were in tears! When they let them out, theyd bring them up to our conference room where several carefully selected inmates addressed them and answered questions. These guys were all Trustees and very good inmates, but the kids didnt know that either. And they purposely tried to find the scariest, most threatening looking inmates to do this! The more tattoos the better! And they didnt pull any punches either with the kids. They told them exactly what it was like to spend your life living in a prison, and how if they ended up there or not was entirely up to them! It didnt work with all of them long-term, but with some of them it did, so it was well worth it. Some of the programs required the kids to write letters to the prison about what they thought about the tour. One kid wrote, You didnt have to bring me in there to scare me! I was scared on the bus! [img]:eek:[/img] You might ask if anything like this is around in your area, or suggest it if its not. Your boy would be a very good candidate. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Substance Abuse
Harsh words and a tough order-how do we play this?
Top