Prisons - My personal experience

Comment #4

Rip Snorter — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:41:34 GMT

I doubt you could overstate the situation you describe. The awful part of the equation is that the public schools are only a milder version of what you describe. I did some substitute teaching in Grants to supplement the motel wages. Frankly, it left me with a flatline view of the entire public education system in New Mexico. Wouldn't know where to begin to attempt to salvage it. One of the aspects of the entire lottery discussion I find amusing is the frequent kindly refere... [ More ]

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dphillips — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:49:44 GMT

Prior to my employment at YDDC, I was a high-school English teacher in New York City, a celestial heavenly body compared to where I'm working, now. Correctional officers -- known as JCOs -- are humiliated, discouraged by the Administration (including Santa Fe) by a watering-down of their authority: residents actually curse JCOs, authority figures, say all manner of evil against them. When I arrived in 1997, there was a different administration who felt that residents should be h... [ More ]

Comment #2

Rip Snorter — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:49:06 GMT

Tell him to hang in there. There's at least one American, old and pretty much a has-been, who sympathizes. Jack

Comment #1

fxsterling — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:18:39 GMT

my buddy deep in a drunken black out mess up no one hurt 5 years latter this buddy is soon to get out he and the state havent addressed his main problem this happens all day most have this problem jails are hotels for many the boys cllub for others il. pest gov is headed to a 5 star one with his buddy from enron we pay they relax

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