Interview with Charles, Rich, Kevin, Molly, Jeremy, Chad and Laura
JM: How long was your sentencing for? Charles: I was sentenced to 90 days in Spartanburg County Jail.
Rich: i was sentenced to 30 months in the department
of corrections and 2 years probation. Kevin: Six months. Molly: $989.00 fine or 30 days in jail. Jeremy: I was sentenced with two years time served and was
given a consecutive sentence under the Youthful
Offenders Act (YOA) and had to spend an additional
year in a different facility. Chad: 1 year Laura: I had gotten a 30day sentence
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? Charles: Yes. I was in Spartanburg 4 days, when a bench
warrant
showed up on my background for DUS 2nd, which
added 30
more days to my sentence and I was shipped to
Columbia
on September 20, 2010.
Rich: yes, we were put in single cells for the full
day. they moved us from the main jail to the
courthouse in handcuffs and leg irons and put us
in single cells until it was time to go to the
courtroom, then back to a single cell. and our
leg irons were left on us for approx. 8-9 hours
even though we were still in a jail. Kevin: Yes, it was in the old county jail. It was
different than the new county jail, there were
bars everywhere and it was much more unpleasant.
I spent maybe an hour and was taken back to the
new county jail. Molly: No Jeremy: Yes I did. There was a horrible roach infestation
in the old county jail, which was condemned and
deemed unfit for inmate housing. Chad: waited in holding "area" until court was over,
then back to the main jail Laura: yes. the cell was small and cold for whatever reason i
was unable to pull my little thin cover over me before
10pm while in my cell. it was quiet because i was in
there by myself.