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Criminal Class follows the journey of a teacher working inside the criminal justice system This amazing story will both repel you and at the same time draw you in

The only door in the room was now closed and sitting before me was a murderer a rapist an armed robber and a guy serving six years for grievous bodily harm
Each of them had a sharpened pencil in their hands a potential weapon I had been forewarned yet I had handed them out willingly I looked at these four brutes trying not to stare but conscious of not looking away in fear either All four of them had their eyes fixed on me too sussing out the new guy In silence I shot back a tightlipped grin Slowly but purposefully I glanced at the secured metal door and next to it the red duress button on the wall I guessed the distance to be three metres I looked back at the prisoners and wondered if it came to it would I be able to press that button or exit the doorway before they could get to me I didnt fancy my chances

The Criminal Class is based on the truelife experiences of an everyday teacher who makes the precarious career transition to an Education Officer in the prison system Dealing with both the law enforcers and the law breakers but not bound by any normal allegiances he finds himself having to thread the rocky path of an outsider on the inside
Teaching in the jail system is a surreal experience In this bizarreness you encounter things that make you shake your head shake your fist cry your heart out laugh your head off and blow your mind And I felt compelled to write it down to capture its unrealness Hopefully I can convey some of this in The Criminal Class PAUL A MACNAMARA