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| You have a boo-boo? |
| By Joe Bouchard |
| Published: 02/23/2015 |
The following is an installment in "The Bouchard 101", a series featuring "Ice Breaker's" designed to promote training awareness and capabilities in the corrections industry.
In any correctional setting, we cannot afford to take anything for granted. Small things can be gathered in abundance over time and transformed into something for which it was not intended. Think of a common staple and one rubber band. There is nothing too sinister there. However, with 20 rubber bands and as many staples, one can make a mace enhanced with small metal spikes and a flexible, stretch handle. What about when there seems to be a valid need for something? What do you do when an inmate asks for something sounds reasonable? What do you do when you are asked for a rubber band? In most circumstances, you should give the offender a band aid. Given that premise, let us suppose that over time, an enterprising and persistent inmate saved up twenty unused band aids. What, apart from applying them to a wound, would he or she do with them?
Joe Bouchard is a Librarian employed with the Michigan Department of Corrections and a collaborator with The International Association of Correctional Training Personnel (IACTP). He is also the author of “IACTP’s Corrections Icebreakers: The Bouchard 101, 2014”. The installments in this series include his opinions. The agency for which he works is not in any way responsible for the content or accuracy of this material, and the views are those of the contributor and not necessarily those of the agency. While some material is influenced by other works, all of the icebreakers have been developed by Joe Bouchard. Visit the Joe Bouchard page Other articles by Bouchard: |
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I think articles like this are very good! I do not work in a prison, I work in a county jail, so a lot of things like this, we are routinely subject to. we do however also have inmates from prison that we house here for different periods of time and information like this is always good to know. I signed up for this sight things just like this. There are a lot of prison Correctional Officers out there that have a ton of experience and I am always happy to have them post their experiences and training on here. It would be difficult for one person to cover everything, but with the diverse group that is here, it opens up all kinds of opportunities. Mr. Bouchard has written some very good articles. They are concise and to the point. Excellent job Sir! My thanks and gratitude to all of the people that write in with experiences either on the job, or training. It helps me greatly to do my job better.