This book is a collection of true stories experienced by a Teacher who taught at Folsom State Prison, CA for two decades.
Enjoy reading about actual experiences that were some of the most memorable of my teaching career in the belly of this beast.
Learn a few things about life in the prison community, prison operations, education in prison, and the fun this teacher had connecting with her captive audience.
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Prison is a place where you have to be alert from the moment you walk through the gate until the time your shift is over.
Prison is a place where the noise is nonstop and a quiet moment is a rarity except maybe for a few brief moments in the restroom.
Prison is a place where often meanness prevails for those who have to prove their power.
TONI UKKERD CARTER is also a contributing author to Chicken Soup for the Prisoner’s Soul, Serving Time, Serving Others, and Serving Productive Time.
Toni received a BA from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI; a MA from California State University-Sacramento, CA; and is a certified anger management facilitator (CAMF).
This book was born from the questions of family, friends, and strangers who were curious about my work as a teacher in Folsom State Prison in California.
This teacher certainly had a captive audience every day.
He wasn’t the first to commit the deed, but he was the first to my knowledge to do it inside the prison walls.
Other staff members have lost their lives on prison grounds, but at the hands of others.
Just a few months earlier, this particular officer notarized a document for me. He certainly was an amiable person and always seemed to be of good cheer. Just goes to show you that appearances can be deceiving. What wasn’t deceiving was the fact that this individual
was in a tower above Blood Alley in close proximity to the Education Building. Blood Alley got its name from all of the frequent stabbings and shootings that happened over the decades. That little stretch of yard, not even a block long, was so notorious that I’m sure prisoners heard about it before they arrived at Folsom.
On the yard, only officers assigned to towers carry guns. Officers on the ground have a variety of other deterrents.
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