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Area Native Who Taught in Prison Was Never Afraid
By thexradio.com
Published: 07/30/2015

Jasper County native Diane Casey has retired after more than 30 years teaching in the Illinois Department of Corrections system, and said she never felt afraid.

Casey did her student teaching at Vandalia Correctional Center, but served as a teacher at Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro. She said she taught a variety of subjects, but also helped prepare inmates to take their GED exam.

As to why she chose teaching in a prison, Casey said she had the choice when starting her student teaching to go to Terre Haute or to go to Vandalia Correctional Center, which is near where her grandparents lived in Ramsey, so chose the prison.

It might seem discipline in a prison classroom might be tough, but Casey said it was "more like a group of junior high kids." She said, "If they got out of line, I'd send them out of the classroom."

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