Smooth days | A. Hussain + John Giuca | TED Goes to Prison at Coxsackie Correctional Facility 2022

There aren't many more positions in U.S. society more strongly at odds than that of a correction officer (CO) and an incarcerated individual (II). Yet, here are on the stage at Coxsackie Correctional Facility, a CO and an II were brave enough to take the stage together to talk about their mutual goal of achieving peaceful days in prison.Correctional Officer A. Hussain: I am the Pakistani-American dream. Knowing that my time on this planet is limited, I intend on making the most of it. I will hunger for knowledge, devour every macro, and never starve myself for a laugh. I know that humans can make it.John Giuca attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice before being arrested in 2004. He is now a student in Bard’s college program at Coxsackie Correctional Facility and spends his free time fighting to finally go home one day. He has always maintained his innocence.