Driving through the campus, I first noticed chainlink fences topped with barbed wire swirls. \u00a0I was surprised because they made the place seem foreboding and intimidating which is not what I was expecting. \u00a0Even though my first impression was fear, once I spent a little more time there I felt comfortable. \u00a0Other than those wires and the door which required buzzing in, nothing else really looked like a prison. \u00a0There were picnic tables, conference rooms, and beautiful landscapes. \u00a0It sort of felt like a summer camp.<\/p>\n
Typically, when I fill out forms, they’re never perfect. \u00a0I always leave things blank and skip around only filling in\u00a0the things I know. \u00a0Everywhere this has been accepted, even on medical forms. But it was not accepted at Bon Air. \u00a0I had to know every answer, which led me to believe that there will be an underlying strictness to the program because after all, these people have been convicted of something awful, and volunteer coordinators need to know if we will be able to handle ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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