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Boise State physics major Kirk Long in the classroom at the Idaho State Correctional Institution. Photo Chuck Durrant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it comes to educational opportunities for inmates at the Idaho State Correctional Institution south of Boise, \u201cthey\u2019re limited,\u201d said Randy Valley, deputy warden of operations. The prison offers a GED program because a large share of its population doesn\u2019t have a high school diploma. Beyond that, Valley relies on volunteer educators.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re invaluable, he said. \u201cA good teacher can get people in the door to an education. And some stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kirk Long will graduate from Boise State Univeristy in 2020 with a degree in physics. He grew up in Boise, and received scholarships from the Honors College and the Idaho Opportunities Scholarship program. He has two day jobs \u2013 leading STEM summer camps at the YMCA and working at Bruneau Dunes State Park Observatory running \u201cthe biggest telescope in the state.\u201d Since February of 2019, he\u2019s volunteered to teach science and coding classes at the prison.<\/p>\n

He told us more about his work there and his hopes for the future.<\/p>\n

Q. How did you become interested in volunteering at the Idaho State Correctional Institution?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0For an honors class (University Foundations 200: Foundations of Ethics and Diversity), I read \u201cJust Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,\u201d a book by Bryan Stevenson about the American prison system. Basically, the biggest takeaway was that everybody is better than the worst thing they\u2019ve ever done. Stevenson recommended ways to combat this vicious cycle that the prison system becomes for lots of inmates. I\u2019m a believer that education is power. I thought, maybe if I could pique an intellectual curiosity in someone in prison, it could have a positive ripple effect in the community. This seemed like a thing that I could do.<\/p>\n

Q. Had you done any kind of work in a prison setting before?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0No, I had no familiarity. I walked in green. My initial idea was to tutor math for the GED program, but they already had that covered. What they thought would be more valuable would be for me to teach a new skill, or something that might inspire people to go on and get their GEDs. (Note: the correctional institution graduated 32 GED students this year, a record number. Long attended the ceremony. Chuck Durrant, the institution\u2019s education program manager said, \u201cI credit much of our success to the inspiration and excitement Kirk brought to the program through his volunteer efforts.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Q. What was it like the first time you walked in the classroom?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0I was surprised at how much interest there was. I didn\u2019t know if people would show up, but I usually have between 10 and 20 students in class, and some who come every week. I\u2019d been expecting two.<\/p>\n

I thought people wouldn\u2019t take this seriously. I\u2019m not the most stereotypical person you\u2019d see in a prison. But the students just seem grateful that I\u2019m there and no one has questioned the relevance of the classes.<\/p>\n

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Kirk Long\u2019s lesson on static electricity. Long\u2019s classes often draw as many as 20 students. Photo Chuck Durrant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Q. What are some of the lessons you\u2019ve taught?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0In my science class I\u2019ve brought in solar telescopes. We\u2019ve done experiments with electricity and magnetism. We\u2019ve built spectrascopes. They\u2019re kind of like a prism, but better. They break white light into colors. Every element has its own distinct set of colors, like a fingerprint.<\/p>\n

Q. What are your students like?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0They\u2019re men, most are in their 20s or 30s. But I have some students in their 60s and 70s. I have an older student who worked with Basic (an early programming language) in the 1970s, so he has a foundation in coding. Learning coding is kind of like learning romance languages. If you know Spanish, it will be easier to learn Portuguese. Coding with Basic is like that.<\/p>\n

Q. What\u2019s your favorite subject to teach?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019m partial to astronomy. My emphasis is astrophysics. It\u2019s cool to watch inmates \u2013 well, anyone \u2013 get interested in a subject. You see it in their eyes. They take something I\u2019ve shown them and make connections that relate to their own lives.<\/p>\n

Q. What\u2019s been the most rewarding moment so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0In coding class, I had a student who took what I taught him in Python (a coding language) and started developing a game with Blender (a popular open-source 3D computer graphics software that uses Python). That\u2019s a marketable skill. One of the easiest places for someone to get a job is in software development. And those companies will be less judgmental about someone having a prison record, because they just need people.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also been cool when students ask for extra information, have questions they\u2019ve obviously been thinking about all week, or are curious about my research. I\u2019m working with Prof. (Daryl) Macomb, trying to characterize X-ray binary pulsars \u2013 dense stars that spin around each other.<\/p>\n

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Long (foreground) teaches general science classes that have inspired some inmates to pursue their GEDs, say prison officials. Photo Kim Wardwell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Q. What\u2019s surprised you about your work at the correctional institution?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0I was surprised at how chill it is. When I tell people I work out there they joke, ask me if I\u2019ve ever been shanked and that kind of thing. But I\u2019ve never felt a security risk.<\/p>\n

I was also surprised to learn that I\u2019m one of the few who has done this in a while at ISCI. I plan to leave for a graduate program, but I hope more students will continue to volunteer there and teach different subjects. I\u2019d love to see art students get involved. I know that at Boise State, lots of classes require a service component, so I\u2019ve been trying to talk to professors about the possibilities.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s cool to show the inmates that even if they don\u2019t want to pursue a university degree, there are possibilities for when they get out, whether it\u2019s community college, a vocational program or a degree in physics.<\/p>\n

Q. Anything you\u2019d like to add?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A.<\/strong>\u00a0Many of the demonstrations and things I take to ISCI come from our stock room and the head of our labs, Andie Farrar, is incredibly supportive and helpful. There are several other people in our department who have been super supportive as well. I had a couple students who wanted to learn more about Python and data science. Prof. Olga Goulko teaches a class on that. She loaned her lecture notes and homework assignments to leave with those students so they can continue. None of my outreach work at the prison would be possible without our wonderful physics department.<\/p>\n

Also, if anyone wants to know more about volunteering at ISCI, they\u2019re free to get in touch with me at\u00a0kirklong@u.boisestate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Story by Anna Webb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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