All Day: A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island
In All Day, Liza Jessie Peterson documents a year spent teaching incarcerated young people at Rikers Island. Her account examines education, compassion, and survival in a demanding jail environment, while bringing attention to the humanity and potential of students living within the criminal justice system.
About This Book
All Day recounts Liza Jessie Peterson’s experiences teaching incarcerated young people at Rikers Island.
The book focuses on the realities of education within a jail setting, where learning, care, and survival intersect.
Through a teacher’s perspective, it explores the humanity of students often defined by incarceration.
Peterson’s account considers the challenges and possibilities of working with young people inside the criminal justice system.
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