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Being in Jail: Accepting What It’s Really Like in The First Days
There is a lot of information online, but not all of it is accurate.
On October 6, 2021, I attended my last court hearing for what has been a nightmare of epic proportions. In December of 2020, I was arrested for a crime I didn’t commit (I know, everyone is innocent) after hours of interrogation which lead to a coerced confession. It’s a long and complicated story which I won’t go into here, but will at some point. One of the things I did in an attempt to ready myself as much as possible for the time I knew I would be serving, was research. I was sentenced to a minimum of 67 months, which boils down to about 5.5 years. Jail comes first, with an eventual move to a state prison. I’ve been in jail before, when I was younger, so I thought I had some idea of what to expect on that level of things. Some things are the same, but a lot has changed since COVID.
The most important thing to remember here is, no one who works for the justice system is your friend. I don’t care if you grew up together, spent weekends at one another’s home, and hung out right up until your arrest. That person is no longer your friend. And you don’t want them to be in some respects. Being shown favoritism by correctional officers (CO’s) is a sure fire way for other inmates to assume you’re a…
