When I Went to Jail-CTRIBAT Student Essay

When I Went to Jail

When I went to Jail[1], I know it was not a good place to go because I saw that they had to sleep on these things and you have to use a dirty bathroom. And when they take showers, they still have to put back on the same dirty clothes every day. And you can’t use the phone until the guard[2] tells you that you can use it.

You do not want to go to jail because when you go in, you would not even see day light until you get out. When I went in there I was scared and when I came home I was so scared that one day. I would not go back in there because I do not want to be in a jail with other men.

I would try my hardest not to go back there!

Student Essay written by 13 year old student of the CTRIBAT Leadership Summer Pilot

[1] Tour of Whalley Avenue Correctional Facility, Located in New Haven, Connecticut
[2] Correctional Officer