Students learn real-life lessons at jail
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This article was published 06/11/2014 (4214 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Seeing how inmates live was a real eye-opener for Grade 9 students touring the Brandon jail as part of the Brandon School Division’s 18th annual Take Our Kids to Work Day.
“You go to the bathroom in front of people, you shower in front of people, you sleep with four or five different people,” said Dannyssa Sunshine, one of a small group of students who got to tour the Brandon Correctional Centre.
She was among 513 Grade 9 students from Brandon who scattered to 14 host communities around the province to get a feel for daily life at a range of different businesses and organizations.
For Kyle Gardiner, the jail tour provided him with a better sense of what his father does at the medium-security centre.
“That’s why I wanted to go to the jail because I never really understood what they do there,” he said.
During the tour, students also had a chance to hear from an inmate about his experience behind bars.
“He told us his story,” Gardiner said. “It was very motivational.”
After their tour, a group of students attended a mock trial in the Brandon courthouse.
Other local businesses and organizations hosting students included Maple Leaf Foods, CFB Shilo, BSD, Prairie Mountain Health, City of Brandon, Brandon University, Assiniboine Community College, Behlen Industries, Brandon Clinic, Grand Valley Animal Clinic and MNP.
BSD work placement co-ordinator Janie McNish said planning for Take Our Kids to Work Day starts at the beginning of the school year, and families help make arrangements for the students.
“It’s a huge initiative,” McNish said. “More and more students every year are choosing to see this as an opportunity to explore a career.
“The community is great to host students.”
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