Prison Narratives: Redemption or Victimhood Scripts
If you have read any of my writing you will know I'm not overly concerned about going against the grain of mainstream narratives. I am indeed what they call a hetrodox thinker. Hetrodox is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as 'not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.' It has been a blessing for me at times as it helped me drag myself from the depths of addiction and prison to what I would describe as relative success working in the youth justice system and now at a University. If many around me in prison said working was for fools, it made me think work was probably the best way to stay out of prison. However, it must have seemed like a curse to my teachers in school or criminal justice professionals, all of whome tried to help me change my thinking to stop getting into trouble in prison and on probation. This way of thinking does lend itself to being critical when I ponder over the things going on around me. However, sometimes - because I know myself
