Interview with Katrina, Rachel, Graham, Gordon, Marcus, Melissa and Andrea
JM: What else would you want a friend or family member to know if they have a loved one going to this jail? Katrina: yes mind your buisness try not to get to any
inmates because they usually arent real friends.
Just do you time and get out and make it a
learning experience not a habit Rachel: Talk to them and tell them the crime there doing isnt worth
it not fit for humans.not where they want to be Graham: That I'm sorry that their loved one is going to this jail. And that
it won't be easy for the family or the inmate but inmates need
someone there to show they are still loved. Gordon: That the jail was treating the majority of their
loved ones with disrespect and just simply did
not care at all. Some deputies, however, would
do things for you if they liked you (ussually
not). Marcus: I'd tell them to save up for food to buy on
commissary because the fact that I didn't mind
it, a lot of people did and it really was the
worst compared to other jails I'd been in. Melissa: Get them out as SOON as possible. Find a way to get them
transferred or bonded/bailed out. This place is a PIT. It's filthy,
dangerous, grimy, poorly run, and corrupt. Hire a lawyer and call a
bondsman, and have them repeatedly call and pester the jail on
your behalf, because if you just sit there, that's all you will do. You
need a professional on your side to get out of this disgusting place. Andrea: Get them out AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This establishment is NOT fit
for a human to live in. Call a lawyer and bail bondsman, because
THEY know how to call the jail and force them to release you or give
information. There is NO INFORMATION given to you when you are
an inmate. I was NEVER ONCE read my rights or told what
"Charges" were against me. They NEVER got my "Phone PIN"
working, so I could NEVER actually make my LEGALLY MANDATED
phone call. They didn't listen to complaints, because "EVERYONE IN
THERE IS A CRIMINAL".... "Innocent until proven guilty" does not
exist. CALL A LAWYER NOW!
JM: If somebody knows they will be serving time in this jail what is your advice to them? Katrina: do the time dont let the time do you!!!!!!!!!!1 Graham: Do not eat the food, read ALOT of books, learn a few card
games, and most importantly do not get inside of your own
head because you are your worse enemy!!! Gordon: Do not do the crime if you cannot do the time.
good luck once you are involved in the
Arapahoe "in"Justice system. It is the WORST in
the state of Colorado for obtaining convictions
(most convictions are obtained in a
Constitutionally invalid manner). Marcus: Just like any jail it's the people in it that
can make or break your time. Sometimes there's
absolutely nothing you can do, but it's
ultimately up to you to make your own experience
with or without the bad, because the bad is
going to inevetibly happen. Whether it's guards
that go out of their way to make things tougher
verses being helpful, or the people in it that
start fights verses trying to make friends, you
have a choice, and whatever you choose to feed
between negativity or positivety, that will make
or break your own time. Melissa: Put in for a transfer. Find a reason to serve your sentence in
another facility. ANY other facility. The staff here is apathetic and
lazy, the system is truly useless. This facility DEFINES the term
"Cruel and Unusual Punishment." Andrea: See above. Call a lawyer. Try with all your might to get your
sentence transferred to ANYWHERE ELSE.
JM: Please list any other jail or rehab facilities you have been to. Graham: Bent county correctional facility, Denver city and county jail,
Washington county jail, Denver Reception and Diagnostic
Center. Gordon: not open for discussion. Marcus: Denver city jail and Boulder county jail. Melissa: Transferred to Jefferson County Jail and released. Andrea: Processed through Jefferson County where the warrant was out of
because a case can not be dismissed unless you are PHYSICALLY in
front of a judge in that county.