Jim Edwards:  

Life Since leaving Oak Bay High School, I graduated from Uvic in Pre-Law....wrote the LSAT and did not get in. I tell my 3 kids the reason daddy did not get into Law School is "twenty cent beer". In 1970 I attented the BC Lions Invitational training camp and was told that I was "too small and too slow". Saddled with all this rejection, I started my career in Corrections at the infamous Oakalla prison in Burnaby in 1976. I dealt with such infamous criminals such as: Leonard Peltier of Wounded Knee fame, 3 Death Row inmates who had their sentence commuted to life (all 3 had killed a police officer). Despite the Draconian facility, you had to keep your sense of humour to survive. There was tons of overtime and we were all weapons trained. During one mass escape from a ballgame, I was more worried about being shot by my fellow staff members. In 1983, I transferred to a brand new remand facility in downtown Vancouver and in 1986 I moved over to Willingdon Youth Detention as a supervisor. By 1988, I had bought a house in Victoria and commuted to work in Vancouver for 5 years parking my VW bug on the Tsawassen strip. In 1993, I transferred to Victoria and eventually worked in local Probation Offices including Sidney. By the end, I ...Expand for more