They were only behind bars for the counts, and at nighty-nite time. The rest of the time they were out and about. I worked as a Safety Officer at a psych center before I took the job in Corrections. I saw more action as a Safety Officer than I did as a Corrections Officer. At least in a prison you can lock them up if they misbehave. You can’t do that in school.
I worked a long term sub position at our day treatment program where they put the psycho kids. They offered me a permanent position, but I said no thanks and took a job that opened in one of the elementary schools in the district. As it turned out, I ended up with a few kids in fifth grade who should have been in day treatment. They pushed down my sub during a fight in the classroom and broke her arm and bragged about it. And that’s just one incident. At least they have security guards that have your back at day treatment. Probably should have stayed there after all.