About Me

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My name is Donna Marsh and I currently work as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in a Prison working mainly with young offenders with mental health problems. I have worked with young people for the past 7 years and find this client group very interesting. With the rise of knife and gun crime in England, I have many dealings with gang members and find it fascinating to find out why young people join gangs and engage in this kind of gang activity. Due to this, I have also been involved in the making of a DVD to raise awareness of knife crime in the UK in conjunction with the prison and a local school, this has been distributed to schools and Young Offenders Institutes across the country.

Introduction

Introduction to my blog:





This web blog follows my journey from England to the United States, where I will be meeting people who work within Youth Justice, predominately those who work with gang members both inside and outside prison.



My journey

My journey

Introduction

You can read more about me, the purpose of my trip, my story so far, what my plans are and what I hope to achieve in the supplementary sections below:



Monday 5 July 2010

Packing

I have finally whittled down my clothes and with the help of my good friend Shelly, I have packed my suitcase. Dont know what I would have done without her, she is very ruthless. With her help I have actually manged to weigh in under the weight limit for a change!

I am all set to go now, very much looking forward to my journey and looking forward to all the visits I have planned and meeting all of the people who I have had email contact with over the last few months. Getting very excited but nervous at the same time!
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  1. Anonymous7 July 2010 at 06:29

    Hi Donna - looking forward to the sending off party tonight and not looking forward to the headache tomorrow!! Jannyjan x

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