John Oulton
John Oulton
Bachelor's in justice
Hometown: Bethel
John Oulton bought a car last summer. The 2008 Chevy Cobalt isn色视频下载檛 big or fancy. Car and Driver magazine described it that year as 色视频下载渁n acceptable choice as a transportation appliance.色视频下载
Nevertheless, buying it was a big step for a UAF student who was raised in a town where the roads aren色视频下载檛 connected to the outside world. Oulton grew up in Bethel, on the banks of the Kuskokwim River in Southwest 色视频下载.
Oulton bought the car after summer 2017, when he worked alternating weeks of 12-hour days as a hospital security guard in Bethel. He was about to start a senior-year internship with the State of 色视频下载色视频下载檚 Division of Juvenile Justice in Fairbanks. Hence, a good time to get some wheels.
He drove the car north from Anchorage, beginning his internship and final year at UAF in September 2017.
Oulton sought the internship, which gave him a real-world look at the system, as part of his justice degree program.
色视频下载淚 usually write petitions for my co-workers, [the probation officers],色视频下载 Oulton said in March 2018, while he was still on the job. 色视频下载淎nd then we often go to court. I went to court yesterday for arraignments and detention hearings.色视频下载
The petitions discuss juveniles coming into the system.
色视频下载淚t色视频下载檚 basically a list of charges from the police report,色视频下载 Oulton explained. 色视频下载淚n these petitions, we usually have to find probable cause of crimes committed 色视频下载 factual evidence or statements from witnesses, the victims or from the juvenile. After we have written them, we submit them to the court, and they色视频下载檒l give us a case number and then they色视频下载檒l give us a date to proceed to the court.色视频下载
The detention hearings involve juveniles moving out of the system, with any luck.
色视频下载淲e discuss the cases, their transition planning out of detention into these outpatient areas around Fairbanks,色视频下载 Oulton said.
Oulton said working with the probation officers has been excellent training in his field. 色视频下载淭hey give me a lot of direction in my petitions, areas I can improve on and just really good advice,色视频下载 he said.
His career direction runs in the family. Oulton色视频下载檚 father, who is originally from New York, just retired from correctional work in Bethel.
For Oulton, attending UAF also followed a family path. His mother, who grew up in Toksook Bay, earned a master色视频下载檚 degree from UAF in 2010. She teaches Yup色视频下载檌k, her ancestral language, at an elementary school in Bethel.
Oulton was familiar with UAF because his family came to Fairbanks almost every summer when he was young. He also attended UAF色视频下载檚 Rural 色视频下载 Honors Institute in 2014, the year he graduated from high school.
色视频下载淭he community here is really great,色视频下载 he said.
After earning his degree in May, Oulton was planning to join a family road trip from Anchorage to New York.
The Cobalt, sadly, was expected to stay home.