JM: How long was your sentencing for? Roderick: My sentence was for 9 months probation with an
underlying 1 year sentence on my felony charge
and 6 months probation with a one year
underlying sentence on my misdemeanor charge
which ran concurrent with the felony. When cases
are ran concurrent instead of consecutive then
you serve both sentences at the same time
instead of having to complete one sentence and
then begin the other. Liza: 1 Year
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? Roderick: Yes I spent alot of time in the holding cell. I
violated probation 4 times before my underlying
sentence was executed and was booked into jail
each time for probation revocation hearings.
The holding cell in Sedgwick County is ALWAYS
icy cold as this helps the spreading of germs
and it also keeps the inmates from moving around
too much. It constantly smells of unwashed
bodies and vomit and the guards ignore you when
you try to get their attention. You are placed
in a cell with anywhere from 5 to 25 other
inmates and only 2 concrete slabs, one toilet
and one sink. It takes forever to process you
and it took 9 days to get me into a pod on this
case. Liza: Yes, miserable. It is freezing cold an at anytime
there were 30+ people in a 10 person holding cell.
There were people that were sick. I got in on a
friday, they lost my paperwork I watched 30 women
go upstairs to a bed while I was in a holding cell
for 48 hours without a bath, a blanket, a pillow.