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Pre-sentencing

Interview with Tammy, Tiffany, Sarah, Rachel and Betty

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
Tammy: once arrested, brought into jail in holding cell waiting to be processes. then once booked ( fingerprints, picture, and health information taken, your brought to a cell and asssigned a cell and bunk. You stay there for the duration of your stay.
Tiffany: Before i was finally sentenced there was alot of back and forth as far as calender calls in front of the judge that changed twice due to initial judge retirement. 2 failure to appears that were suspended due to a warrent (and arrest) for FTA although courtdate was changed and system never updated it.
Sarah: The people of the court looked at my previous history and if I was on probation or not. I pled out so I was out of jail the next day and was in court for the next three months . The jail itself is not as bad. The food is still nasty and trying to get a pillow would never happen !
Rachel: i had 2 felonys and 2 mistemiters 1 of each was droped because that was my first time every be arrested,i go to court next month to see what is going on with my case,s hopefully my felony would be droped i am trying to get my life together and get a job
Betty: for my presentencing i had to pay department of children and family back the money that i used for food stamps and i was on a pti program and report to department of corrections untill the money was paid back that i owed from department of children and family services

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning? If not please give us details on how you came to be arrested.
Tammy: No police at my house. I was arrested in a store for shoplifting
Tiffany: Sale charge. I was arrested by swat during coordinated sale/ search warrant. For sale of cocaine. The was a search warrent for me and my home. I was thrown on the ground and searched from there. My house was searched and phone was taken. Although the takedown was harsh and by surprise. I can say i was treated like a lady from then on.
Sarah: No, I fell asleep in a empty house that was not mine and got charged with trespassing and also got charged with everything that was in the house like drug equip.I was sleeping and then a cop came in threw the window and told me i was under arrest and took me to jail
Rachel: my first arrest i did have police come to my house because i stole from a store and the manager at the store got my got my moms tag number so by the time she got home the police were already there looking for me but not for my 2nd arrested
Betty: i did not have a police to come my house and question me,the police just came to my house and arrested my for a warrant i did not even know about then i was at gun club until i got bonded out then was released i spent about a day and a half in jail

JM: What was court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
Tammy: when going to court, your handcuffed and foot- shackled then transported in a bus with other inmates or by a correctional officer in a car. Your placed in a holding cell until its time for your case or when they bring us all into courtroom. We then sit in the section where the jury sits (unless of course your having a jury trial) which I never had so dont know about that. The judge would call your name, you identify who you are. They explain charges, and offer a deal or just sentence you or let you go home. THen you sit and wait for other inmates to be taken care of then brought back to holding cell and transported back to jail.
Tiffany: Very official. From the outside it seems like good vs bad in regards to prosecution and defense. Although as an inmate you are sometimes brought in before the judge which enables yourself to hear the bargains and nogotiations between the former and the latter. Along with their lunchplans. Sometimes together.
Sarah: Court was very slow. You go down stairs from the Jail to Courthouse they have at the jail. You sit in a room with the other males or females and wait for them to call your name and then go threw a door that leads to the courtroom and then the judge is there and you cant speak and you get released or sent back with a new court date
Rachel: I do not like going to court because they say to be there a speciftic time like 8.30 am but dont get seen by a judge untill maybe 10am or maybe later,other than that the officers and public defenders are nice,also we were in a holding cell for over 2 hrs and it was freezing
Betty: when i went to court i had a public defender he represeted me for the charges that i had,i had a male judge my first court date was about a week after i got bonded out the court offered to me to check in the department of corrections and pay back the money i owed from deaprtment of chiildren and family

JM: What were your original charges? What did you end up being convicted of?
Tammy: Original and also convicted of Shoplifting
Tiffany: Sale of cocaine. With hold adjudication... Pending successfull completion of probation time and terms.
Sarah: TRESPASSING - STRUCTURE OR CONVEYANCE MARIJUANA-POSSESS - NOT MORE THAN 20 GRAMS and 5 counts of DRUG EQUIP-POSSESS - AND OR USE and I was convited of everything but 3 counts of drug equip
Rachel: my 2nd charges were petity theif and i think they might drop them
Betty: my original charge was food stamp fraud i did not know i was commiting fraud and my charge was dropped

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