Prison PT
Caring for the incarcerated
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TMI
boundaries As employees of the prison, we’re instructed to not share personal details about us or our lives with the incarcerated residents. I find this to be a daily challenge. As PT’s, we have more time with a patient than say the doctor. And we don’t have our hands in their mouths (unless treating for…
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protected
and grateful Many people shared warnings with me before starting this job. It’s dangerous. Don’t do it. It’s a predatory environment. Are you sure you want to work there? I said yes to the job…..and then I researched it. Perhaps naive to think, go for it! And everything will be ok. It’s a high profile…
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inmate perspective #10
breaking the chain This father had a story to share. It really created a crack in some of my long held beliefs. He grew up poor in a South American country. Before he was barely a teenager, the gangs had picked him up and began to show him the way. How to sell drugs. Introduced him…
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non-career criminal
could it be you? Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the “non-career criminal.” It’s easy to think from the outside that those in the inside are all hardened, repeat offenders. But they’re not all in that category. Some are inside for a one time event. A first offense. They lived an otherwise law abiding…
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