Tuesday, May 31, 2011

That 115 Look

Our libraries are set up with a bank of windows along the hallway going to the education classrooms.  The drinking fountain is just outside the library door.  When inmates are on break they migrate to the drinking fountain.  Though there are signs on the window stating that they could receive a "115" (a Rules Violation Report) for attempting to communicate with library attendees, we must remember that inmates are not in prison for following rules.  Today there was a young man in the library who looked very familiar.  I observed him for a bit and then asked him, "Are you the young man I always notice in the hallway during school?"  He looked a little sheepish and said, "Ummmm, yeah."  I then remembered that this was one of several inmates who attempted to communicate with library inmates until I caught them, at which point they run back to their class.   I then asked this particular inmate, "Why do you always run when I look at you?"  He replied, "Because you have that 115 look on your face."  I laughed, as did my inmate clerks as well as other inmates in the library.  I'm so glad I can scare those inmates with just a look!