Caged : A Teacher's Journey Through Rikers, or How I Beheaded the Minotaur

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamson, Brandon Dean, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Other Title:

Caged

Summary:

When Brandon Dean Lamson first accepted the teaching position at Horizon Academy, a court-mandated academic program for 18-21 year old prisoners at Rikers Island, even he had to question his own motivation. Why was he risking his life every day at a prison notorious for being one of the most dangerous places to work? Was it his small way of making amends for the blatant and pervasive racism he witnessed every day growing up in his small Southern town? Or was it to prove he wasnt afraid to go where his own father, a prominent District Court judge, had sent both the innocent and guilty alike? In Caged, Lamson provides an intimate view of his transformative experience teaching inmate students on Rikers Island.

ISBN:

9781531502522

1531502520