Interview with Nicole, Toby, Donald, Manuel, Jimmie, Jack, David, Rhonda, Paul, Mike, Barbara, Leo and Liz
JM: How long was your sentencing for? Nicole: 2 yrs incarceration, 3 yrs suspended. Toby: 10 years Donald: All my charged got deferred. Manuel: 3 years department of corrections supervised probation Jimmie: 5 years federal and my state charges ran cc with the
fed time Jack: I received 3 years probation David: My sentencing on this account was one night Rhonda: I got 7 years 4 in and 3 out if I don't make it
through the program and if I do deferred sentence
of 4 years. Paul: Unknown Mike: Six months incarceration county time Barbara: Went in march 17 got out march 21 Leo: 6yrs, and 3yrs Liz: I did not get sentenced for this,I was not
convicted.
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? Nicole: yes. horrible. Toby: Yes, holding cells are extremely noisy and
dangerous places that are usually full of gang
members and other undesirables. In my case, a
convicted sex offender is looked down upon by all
the scumbags because they feel they have finally
found someone that they are better than. If you
find yourself in this situation, hopefully you
know how to fight or are a quick learner. Blacks
never fight alone. Luckily, I am highly trained
in hand to hand combat and was able to seriously
injur a few people during my incarceration and as
a result of that and my ability to read above
four letter words and do legal work, everyone
wanted to be friendly with me despite my having
such screwed up charges. Donald: I spend a couple days in jail before let out.I
was sent to a pod. There is where I stayed. I
spent most of the time sleeping in a fiberglass
bed with a sheet. Manuel: Yes they put you back in a holding cell after you get sentenced
then transfer you back to the jail to be processed for release
which takes about 8 hours could be more Jimmie: yeah they keep you in a holding cell until they
transport you back to the jail where they hold you
until you "pull chains" which is go to prison they
call it that because they cuff, shackle, and chain
you together at the waste Jack: I was released to probation. I had to set up a
payment plan, community service and probation.
They transferred my probation to another city. I
have been in holding cells before and it sucks. David: No I did not spend time in,a holding cell I spent the night in
a pod with other inmates wasnt that bad by the time I,woke
up they were releasing me. Rhonda: yes I after I sentenced I went back to a holding
cell until that had a certain amount of people to
go back to the county then we were chained
together and put in a van with no windows except
one in the back with women who hadn't showered or
brush their teeth in God only knows how long. Mike: Yes, I spent what seemed like forever. I was
probably in the holding cell for 6 hours or more.
In the holding cell you are detained with other
persons being charged with various charges. It
was my first jail experience. All I could think
of were shows like, lockdown, scared straight,
etc. It was quite unnerving. Barbara: It was open cell i was on the tope bunk
the food was disgusting and the cool aid
they gave uso said not for human
consumption Leo: yes, horrible I had to sit there for hours at a
time Liz: I was let go after court. I was not convicted of
anything. I got my license before my final court
date and showed it in court. I also had proved
that I was not drunk.