My 18 Months in Prison – as told by Jeff Becker
Jeff: For 18 months I worked as a Juvenile Justice
Specialist for the State of Illinois Juvenile Justice System at a maximum security
prison for teenage girls. These girls were sentenced to prison for offenses
including: assault, theft, drugs, arson, and murder. My job consisted of making
sure the kids got from one place in the prison to another without fighting or
arguing, and making sure they followed the rules.
Each day, for 18 months, was mind-numbingly the same. Arrive at 5:40 a.m., ...