Dealing with People on the Very Worst Day of their Life: Tara Wildes

Trauma InJustice

In this episode, Chris and Alison talk to Tara Wildes, the Director of the Corrections Division of the St. John's County Sheriff's Department. Director Wildes was also the director of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Department of Corrections - the first woman to ever run that corrections system where she supervised over 800 employees. We talk about the challenges of running a county jail, the intersection of mental illness and the criminal justice system, crimes committed in jail, and whether people can be reformed though imprisonment.
These conversations are not appropriate for children. People with their own traumatic histories should be aware that we discuss violent crimes, exploitation, sexual trauma, child abuse, and incarceration.