Teaching Inside the Walls

What is it like teaching in a juvenile detention facility, county jail or state prison environment? Get used to massive security checks, doors opening and closing electronically and being escorted by correctional officers. There will be the constant clanging of bars, cat-calling by inmates, prisoners being escorted to various locations in the facility and the occasional assaultive inmate who requires more than one correctional officer to be escorted. Next are the routine disruptions that occur in your classroom with inmates leaving for attorney visits, doctor/nurse appointments or court appearances. You never know as an inmate educator, that upon your arrival for work, an incident occurred that has placed the facility on lockdown with your classes being canceled.  Welcome to the world of an “at-risk” teacher of incarcerated juveniles and adults. How do you teach these individuals in these types of environments? This “how-to” book gives you the answers. Dr. Gary J. Rose, after retiring from a long career in law enforcement, decided to become an educator of incarcerated “at-risk” juveniles and adults. is “how-to” book explains to both veteran and new teachers, the idiosyncrasies of teaching inside the walls of detention facilities with this unique group of students. Citing examples and strategies he has utilized for over 25 years, there is something in this book for everyone to consider or be inspired (and maybe even a laugh or two). 3