Mr_Bluejay

Ya I've seen some TV shows about American jails and lots of people here ask if it's the same and it is not even close. I talk a lot before any physical intervention happens. It traumatizes kids and destroys trust I've built, it's so counter productive. I wouldn't describe the center as peaceful compared to say a lake in the summer but compared to drive by shootings and rape it's significantly better.

Yes. Even if they don't "get better" giving someone who has only ever experienced violence a peaceful place to live for however long they're in the center. It's small but If I didn't focus on little victories then I'd go crazy lol.

Yup. Once after breaking up a fight a resident sucker punched me to try to get back at the person he was fighting. I had him pinned against his cell door and my co worker wasn't popping the door from remote door panel we have at the staff desk. So I tried to get my key and open it manually. When I looked at the lock he clocked me on the right side of my face and got away from me. Needless to say I was a little annoyed that my co-worker put me in that position.

Loss of culture and colonization. We actually do some work with countries like Australia, New Zealand and the States because our Aboriginal problems all look very similar after we all treated them in similar ways. That's what it stems back to I think, if we started to rebuild that culture I think we could turn those numbers around.

We hold all sorts of crimes. From breaching probation or a court order all the way up to violent murders. We hold the spectrum of crimes. We've had pretty brutal murders come through, although the stuff that makes my skin crawl is sexual abuse, especially of children.