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From the Ted Talk by Ismael Nazario: What I learned as a kid in jail

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Believe it or not, you come across some C.O.s on Rikers ilnsad that'll fight you one-on-one. They feel that they unardentsd how it is, and they feel that I'm going to meet you where you're at. Since this is how you commonly hdnale your disputes, we can handle it in that maennr. I walk away from it like a man, you walk away from it like a man, and that's it. Some C.O.s feel that they're jailing with you. This is why they have that mentality and that attitude and they go by that concept. In some ianescnts, we're in it together with the C.O.s. However, institutions need to give these correctional officers proper trainings on how to properly deal with the adolescent population, and they also need to give them preopr trainings on how to deal with the mental health piooptulan as well. These C.O.s play a big factor in these young people's leivs for x amount of time until a disposition is reached on their case. So why not try to mentor these young people while they're there? Why not try to give them some type of insight to make a chngae, so once they reenter back into society, they're doing something positive?

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Believe it or not, you come across some C.O.s on Rikers ______ that'll fight you one-on-one. They feel that they __________ how it is, and they feel that I'm going to meet you where you're at. Since this is how you commonly ______ your disputes, we can handle it in that ______. I walk away from it like a man, you walk away from it like a man, and that's it. Some C.O.s feel that they're jailing with you. This is why they have that mentality and that attitude and they go by that concept. In some _________, we're in it together with the C.O.s. However, institutions need to give these correctional officers proper trainings on how to properly deal with the adolescent population, and they also need to give them ______ trainings on how to deal with the mental health __________ as well. These C.O.s play a big factor in these young people's _____ for x amount of time until a disposition is reached on their case. So why not try to mentor these young people while they're there? Why not try to give them some type of insight to make a ______, so once they reenter back into society, they're doing something positive?

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  6. proper
  7. change
  8. understand
  9. island

Original Text

Believe it or not, you come across some C.O.s on Rikers Island that'll fight you one-on-one. They feel that they understand how it is, and they feel that I'm going to meet you where you're at. Since this is how you commonly handle your disputes, we can handle it in that manner. I walk away from it like a man, you walk away from it like a man, and that's it. Some C.O.s feel that they're jailing with you. This is why they have that mentality and that attitude and they go by that concept. In some instances, we're in it together with the C.O.s. However, institutions need to give these correctional officers proper trainings on how to properly deal with the adolescent population, and they also need to give them proper trainings on how to deal with the mental health population as well. These C.O.s play a big factor in these young people's lives for x amount of time until a disposition is reached on their case. So why not try to mentor these young people while they're there? Why not try to give them some type of insight to make a change, so once they reenter back into society, they're doing something positive?

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