I was only a year out of teacher’s college when I took my job at the Detention Centre. I was hired to teach literacy and life skills in a central booking facility for the whole of the province of Ontario. Youth between the ages of 12 to 17 who were arrested and awaiting trial landed in my classroom, located in the basement of the family court building in downtown Toronto. Depending on what entrance I chose in the morning, I had to navigate a buzzer for identification or a metal detector. Then I had to sign for keys to get through the three locked doors that took me down to the designated school hallway in the basement.
What I Learned About Parenting in Prison
What I Learned About Parenting in Prison
What I Learned About Parenting in Prison
I was only a year out of teacher’s college when I took my job at the Detention Centre. I was hired to teach literacy and life skills in a central booking facility for the whole of the province of Ontario. Youth between the ages of 12 to 17 who were arrested and awaiting trial landed in my classroom, located in the basement of the family court building in downtown Toronto. Depending on what entrance I chose in the morning, I had to navigate a buzzer for identification or a metal detector. Then I had to sign for keys to get through the three locked doors that took me down to the designated school hallway in the basement.