Episode Summary
Have you ever worked as an occupational therapy practitioner in a prison? In today’s episode I chat with Kwaku Agyemang who is an occupational therapist in the United Kingdom who works in the prison setting. Kwaku shares a bit about his role working with young offenders and also sheds light on specific occupational considerations within this practice area.
Show Notes
Kwaku and Sarah discuss:
- Normalization of violence
- Assumptions of people in prison
- Historical views on wrong doing and punishment
- Working with young offenders (18-21 years old)
- Reflections on how they got there and where they can go in the future
- Influence of occupations both positive and negative
- Social context of occupations
- The opportunity of choice
- Impact on environment for people in prison
- What it looks like to work as an OT in prison
- The framework of occupational therapy
- How he started working with in the prisons
- His biggest realization working in this setting
- OT & Chill
Connect with Kwaku
- Email: otandchill@gmail.com
- Instagram:@otandchill
- Twitter: @OT_Chill
