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Sentencing

Interview with Rod, Kerry, Milton and James

JM: How long was your sentencing for?
Rod: 1ST TIME 90 DAYS. 2ND TIME PROBATION 5 YEARS. 3RD TIME, I AM OUT ON AN ACTIVE CASE, ON A FEDERAL KICK. I AM DUE TO BE BACK IN COURT ASAP.
Kerry: IT WAS FOR 52 WEEKS
Milton: For three years with half time
James: On the 28th of June 2013 I went to court for formal sentencing and was sentenced to 2 years under the new AB109 law which split my sentence into 8 months in custody and 16 months supervised release (for a total of 24 months which is of course 2 years). Of the 8 months in custody I was given half time due to no violence on my record, so the most they could have kept me was 4 monthe (half of the 8 months). I was released less than a week after that June 28th court date due to overcrowding (what they call a "fed-kick" because the federal government has a injunction against the county where they are not allowed to have inmates housed on the floor and they have to release other inmates early in order to house the ones just coming into the facility).

JM: Did you spend time in a holding cell after your sentencing? If so, what was that like? If you didn't where did they they take you instead?
Rod: YES. WELL, I GUESS LIKE MOST HOLDING CELLS, IT'S NOT ANY FUN. DARK, COLD, CROWDED.
Kerry: THEY TOOK ME ME TO THE OLD RIVERSIDE COUNTY JAIL IN DOWNTOWN RIVERSIDE.WELL I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE OTHER THAN THEY PUT ME INTO A CELL WITH ABOUT FIVE OTHER GUYS
Milton: Yes they took me back tocourt holding cell and I waited there for a while until there was enough of us so they could take us back to our pod
James: Yes, and this was a very miserable experience. I was sentenced at approximately 9:30am on June 28th 2013, which was a friday. I was kept in a holding cell with no blanket or mat or anything at all besides the clothes I had on until I was transferred to the Banning jail and I was, under the same circumstances of having no blanket etc. finally housed at 12:30am Sunday morning! Yes that's right, 39 hours after being handcuffed in the courtroom after sentencing I was finally housed in a unit of the Larry Smith Jail in Banning. I have medical conditions which do not allow me to comfortably lay down on a hard concrete surface, and after nearly 2 days of being in that holding cell my butt felt like minced meat and my entire body ached and I caught pneumonia.

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