Feb 26
The worst part so far about working in a rehab program at a prison is the prison. The guys are fine, haven't given me any trouble yet other than the same stuff other people do--standard light ribbing and questioning your ability to help (hot tip for credibility and rapport: give a client a useful skill early on and explain the mechanics behind it--like how breathing exercises serve to decrease our heart rate which in turn helps sooth the emotion)
But yeah. The prison itself is the worst bit because of the environment and the COs and the chronic understaffing which has made it so our program building can't be used and we have to do services in the housing unit which is not a very therapeutic environment to say the least
