Sumner County Jail Reflection
Sumner County Jail: Reflection Paper
I learned that jail, as it is boring is actually very helpful to the inmates. They are more focused on helping them get rehabilitated and out of jail as quickly as they can, without a recidivism rate going up. They can have jobs, but only women can work in the kitchens, I believe because there are knives, and women are less violent than men, most of the time. Also, the only people able to have jobs are “trustees,” which wear a different color jumpsuit than the other inmates, their days are also 2 for 1.
I did not feel uncomfortable, I believe because that is the line of work I actually want to be in, I want to help inmates, and I have never been uncomfortable around them per say but, I am cautious, because they are in jail for a reason, and most likely they would do anything to get out. Also, I have been to that particular jail several times before with other classes, and I’m just used to it by now, so the contempt I feel with that certain jail may not be true for all jails.
The inmates reacted like any normal person would when someone new came into your “home.” They were examining us, and basically wondering what we were doing there. When we first walked into the kitchen the girls were very quiet, but as we stood in there and started asking the girls questions they all wanted to talk. Before we had left the kitchen, and went on to another part of the jail I heard a few of them say, “stay in school, and don’t come back here unless it is for another field trip!” The guys on the other hand were less talkative, and more reactive, most of them haven’t seen girls in a long time and if they had they were in scrubs, and had greasy hair. So it was nice for them to see clean, nicely dressed, pretty women.
The first time I went, I thought that there were going to be inmates everywhere, and we would actually be able to sit down and have a one on one conversation with them, but the inmates were mostly in their cells, and we were not
I learned that jail, as it is boring is actually very helpful to the inmates. They are more focused on helping them get rehabilitated and out of jail as quickly as they can, without a recidivism rate going up. They can have jobs, but only women can work in the kitchens, I believe because there are knives, and women are less violent than men, most of the time. Also, the only people able to have jobs are “trustees,” which wear a different color jumpsuit than the other inmates, their days are also 2 for 1.
I did not feel uncomfortable, I believe because that is the line of work I actually want to be in, I want to help inmates, and I have never been uncomfortable around them per say but, I am cautious, because they are in jail for a reason, and most likely they would do anything to get out. Also, I have been to that particular jail several times before with other classes, and I’m just used to it by now, so the contempt I feel with that certain jail may not be true for all jails.
The inmates reacted like any normal person would when someone new came into your “home.” They were examining us, and basically wondering what we were doing there. When we first walked into the kitchen the girls were very quiet, but as we stood in there and started asking the girls questions they all wanted to talk. Before we had left the kitchen, and went on to another part of the jail I heard a few of them say, “stay in school, and don’t come back here unless it is for another field trip!” The guys on the other hand were less talkative, and more reactive, most of them haven’t seen girls in a long time and if they had they were in scrubs, and had greasy hair. So it was nice for them to see clean, nicely dressed, pretty women.
The first time I went, I thought that there were going to be inmates everywhere, and we would actually be able to sit down and have a one on one conversation with them, but the inmates were mostly in their cells, and we were not