The Bordelais Correctional Facility (BCF) is continuing to host its special week of activities to mark Correctional Workers Week.
On Wednesday, May 17, 2022, team members from the BCF visited the Babonneau Primary and Babonneau Secondary Schools respectively. The aim was to stir interest and create awareness among the youth about Corrections and its role in the country.
Deputy Director of the Bordelais Correctional Facility Mr. Leonard Terrence explained that students demonstrated a burst of curiosity on a subject matter seldom brought to their level.
“Today our activities to mark Correctional Officers Week continued at the Babonneau Primary School as well as at the Babonneau Secondary School. At the Babonneau Primary School, seven of our officers and some civilian staff, who accompanied our officers, were assigned to various classes to read to the students on different subject matters and different passages from books that are of interest to them. Then we took a short walk to the Babonneau Secondary School, where teachers and principal gathered a large group of students in the hallway. We had the opportunity to introduce ourselves, our different ranks, and to let the students know what we do,” he said.
Terrence added, “At that gathering, we were joined by the Minister and district representative Dr. Virginia Albert – Poyotte as well as the Minister for Home Affairs. She delivered very fiery remarks to the students; she addressed several matters of concern to her and the young people in the Babonneau area. One of the highlights for her was when she mentioned that she does not want to see anybody from the Babonneau Secondary School going to the Bordelais Correctional Facility as an inmate but rather as an employee at the Facility.”
The Deputy Director said the students were an interactive group posing several questions to their visitors and the Minister. Students were also privy to a dialogue on conflict management with the BCF’s clinical social worker Ms. Melissa Dupre. The Babonneau Secondary School students were briefed on the many career options they can pursue in the field of Corrections.
The Bordelais Correctional Facility held its “Recognition of Staff Ceremony” yesterday at the Pastoral Center.