Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stop, my aunt raised thousands of safety concerns, most of them completely unreasonable. Yet, I won't deny that some of her concerns had crossed my mind. Is there a physical barrier between the tutor and student? Will I be tutoring a murderer? Is it safe in the prison? What if the prisoner attempts to find me when he's released...
...eyes bulged, her mouth dropped, she put down her fork. She demanded, "You volunteer where?" I won't ever forget my aunt's reaction to my decision to volunteer at the Suffolk Country House of Corrections. Through the Harvard Prisoner Education Program, approximately 35 students drive in a van to a medium security prison to tutor inmates. One Harvard student is paired with one inmate, a relationship which ideally lasts throughout the stay of the inmate. The curriculum ranges from basic math to advanced calculus, depending on the skill level of the tutee...
Most of the inmates at Suffolk Country House of Corrections were convicted of crimes involving substance abuse. While some prisoners have committed violent crimes, they can only stay at Suffolk if their sentence is two years or under, which obviously excludes rapists and murderers. A row of classrooms, the setting for tutors in the prison, is very comfortable. There are no screens or bars between tutor and tutee; we sit at desks very similar to those in our lecture halls. Guards periodically roam the halls to check on the safety of the tutors...
...only first names in the prison, to prevent any possibility of prolonged contact once an inmate is released. In order to establish boundaries in the tutor-tutee relationship, we are not allowed to write to our tutees during their incarceration or accept any cards from them. All the tutors I have encountered agree that the environment within the prison is very safe...
...have given me an opportunity of spending an hour writing this letter. If you come over to Boston after I am out, I have a d___ good mind to buy you a drink. Two, if you can stand the gait. Will you libate with me? CHARLES PONZI Massachusetts State Prison Charlestown, Mass...