Do everything possible to avoid having a favorite student. It is bad for any of the Incarcerated persons to think they are your favorite and it is bad for the other people experiencing Incarceration to think you favor someone else.
Donate get into personal exchanges with the Incarcerated and avoid offhand remarks. You never know what might offend. Donate share personal about yourself.
Donate relax and start joking around with the Incarcerated. The frail male ego is ever so much frailer in prison. Be careful about casual conversation too. Things that may not offend a man on the outside might offend men in the inside because they are stripped of their masculinity while doing time.
Donate allow class to become a pool hall. Donate allow the Incarcerated to come in and hang out. Bringing art or literary magazines will encourage the Incarcerated to stick around the entire class.
Some students come to learn to draw, but some come to be around a woman and are more interested in striking up a conversation than learning. Being around a woman is already a distraction for them, so do everything possible to curtail other distractions.
It adds more distraction if a woman wears dangling earrings, pink clothing, or make-up.
Source: Gail Tomura of Artsreach