Violence in Pursuit of Health by Landon Kuester

Author:Landon Kuester
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030613501
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

5.1 Inmates and Staff Are Alike

5.1.1 Staff Experience in the Community

Staff depicted similar biographical experiences to inmates. Staff accounts distinguished their personal and professional lives as being somewhat different from members of the public. When describing challenges in their personal and professional lives, they depicted how other members of society “just didn’t get it”, while at the same time acknowledging that their experiences brought them closer to inmates. Staff and inmates came from the same neighbourhoods, and both groups ended up in prison, albeit in different roles.

Gina, a nurse in Men’s Jail, recounted growing up in the same community as many inmates:I grew up in [South Melville]. I grew up right off [street name], and I used to hang off [street name]. You know, I have been beaten up by black guys. I thought they were going to rape me. They fucked me up good. Dragged me around the corner. Oh, yes, I thought I was dead. They must have been getting high or something. And I was like “Oh, my God” […] so, growing up like that helps me relate to them [inmates].

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