In 1989, i started working at a community detention centre as a correctional nurse. Up to then, I had 11 years of nursing experience, most of it in occupational health. Nothing prepared me for what I found locked away from society.  My friends and family asked: “How can you work there?” I told them: I am taking care of my patients regardless of their health, wealth or circumstance. There is a lot of stigma around incarceration and very little empathy for those behind bars. To me, nursing is caring without judgment, and acknowledging every patient has a story. I learned the biggest lesson in my career when I met Greg* and I am eternally grateful our paths crossed early in my career. Gr...