We learned a lot of really neat facts that day. Why the jails use wooden doors now, how many inmates does the jail house, what facilities the inmates can use and not use, and how the jail is broken up into different sectors called "pods."
Throughout the entire tour, I found myself with just wondering eyes. Everything just amazed me; from the security precautions taken to keep everyone in line and safe, to the organization kept throughout every part of the jail.
I was surprised to notice that no officer in the jail carries a gun with him or her. The officer told us that the main weapon used throughout the jail was that person's brain. Being able to make the right choices at the right times to keep everyone safe.
My favorite part of the tour was the booking room. Although at the time I felt very uncomfortable standing there being watched by all of the soon to be inmates, afterwards I was very happy to be put in that situation. It opened my eyes FULLY to what can happen if you make the wrong decisions in life, and where you will end up. That, my friend, is something I do not every want to have to experience, and will avoid it all costs.
After the trip, I went home and looked up on the internet some of the people we had been standing in the booking room with that day to see what they had been charged with. I was surprised to find that me and my classmates had been standing in the room with drug addicts, homeless drunks, child porn addicts, and domestic abusers.
I chose the topic "Scared Straight" because of the fact that this tour of the jail really opened my eyes to something that I think everyone out there should see. To see how miserable those people were and how I would take all measures to make sure I did not end up as one of them. I want to end on a somewhat humorous quote that the officer of the tour had told us "We do not discriminate, everyone gets arrested."
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