Ralph Jackman take us inside an Australian detention centre

Ralph Jackman thought he'd seen plenty during a career that took him from the war in Bosnia to the world of elite sport. But nothing quite prepared him for his first day as a teacher at Melbourne's Parkville Youth Detention Centre, when a student threatened to kill him. Teaching the boys inside gave Jackman an education of his own. He came to see young offenders not as headlines or statistics, but as teenagers whose lives had been shaped by trauma, violence, neglect and disadvantage. His new book is a powerful account of the students he taught, the lessons they taught him, and his fight to ensure that even children behind bars have access to education, opportunity and hope. It's called Detention: A Rookie Teacher in Australia's Toughest Prison School. [picture id="4JMMZY3_ralph_jackman_jfif" crop="16x10" layout="full"]