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What is it really like to go to prison?
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This is Christina Williams
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with Just Criminal
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Law and David Mann,
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legal storytelling specialist.
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Yeah.
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This is one of those things that I think
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we sort of see depicted a lot,
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and we think we might know it’s
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what happens with going to prison.
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But what happens,
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like, say,
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from the point of getting sentence,
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what’s the next thing
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that happens after that.
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When somebody is sentenced
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and we’re talking
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about a felony sentencing
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and they’re sentenced to go to prison,
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they typically leave
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the courtroom in handcuffs
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and they’re taken to the back,
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of the courtroom.
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And processed into a van and taken
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over to the local county jail,
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where they get checked in,
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they get fingerprinted
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and they are booked, so to speak,
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and then they wait for their paperwork
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from the attorneys.
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And, once that paperwork
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find, that’s
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when they will start
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the process of going to prison.
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Okay.
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So then are
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they brought to a cell
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with other inmates, or does it?
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I think somewhere
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I read something about there
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being like a dorm room
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or something like that.
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So what’s the difference
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in all those scenarios?
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Sure, they are
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at the county jail
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while they wait
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to be transported to the prison.
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They will have a cellmate.
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They share basically sleeping quarters
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and, you know, they have a small area to
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hold their
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personal items,
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but they’re allowed to
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have in their cell.
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And then,
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you know,
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while they wait to go to prison,
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they can also set up
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communication
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if they have money to put on their books.
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Okay.
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So they have
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they have the ability to communicate
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with the outside world.
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Or does that depend
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on the level of their sentencing?
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Now generally inmates,
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as long as they’re not being punished,
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have the ability to communicate
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with the outside world.
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Now, they may not get to do it
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whenever they want to or have, you know,
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phone calls or message ING,
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you know, unlimited.
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But they are able to
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maintain contact
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with their friends and family.
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Okay.
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So do they have
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they of course,
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they can’t just have a cell phone
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and text them,
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but they must have some degree of
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there must be some degree of scrutiny
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on what they can say or not
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say to their to their friends and family.
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Is that right?
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Sure.
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And actually,
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you know, some prison facilities,
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once you get to prison,
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you do have the ability to message
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similar to a text message.
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But you do have to understand
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that everything
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that you say,
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all of the messages are being screened
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and recorded,
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you know,
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and that goes for your phone
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calls as well.
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You you may be able to talk
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to friends and family,
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but unless you’re
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talking to your attorney,
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all of the communication is screened
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and recorded.
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Okay, so now I sometimes I think,
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I and a lot of people are basing
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what we think of as prison
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on what we’ve seen in TV
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shows like orange Is the New Black
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or Shawshank
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Redemption or something like that.
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So I’m sure some of that is realistic
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and some of it isn’t.
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But one thing you keep seeing
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and I always wondered about is the money.
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Like the how do they
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how is money handled in a prison?
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Sure.
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So once
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you are transported from the county jail,
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and you go through a screening process,
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mean you go to a holding facility
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and they screen you and,
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you know, decide whether you’re
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what kind of prison
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you’re going to go to in that state.
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Once all of that has occurred
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and you are actually transported
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to the prison, your money follows you.
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And so you can have friends or family
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members put money on your books.
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There’s special systems,
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and it varies from prison to prison,
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where they can transfer that money.
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Or you can, earn money.
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Actually, you know, granted, it’s
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you don’t earn much more
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than, say, a dollar an hour,
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but it adds up over time.
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And so, you have the ability to have
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someone help you put money on your books.
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You can earn money to put,
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on your books.
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And then they
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do actually have special grants
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and foundations where,
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outside organizations will help you
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buy, giving you money
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to put on your books. Okay.
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And you can use that money
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for buying food and things, as well as is
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does this somehow connect
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to your ability to contact your family,
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or do you have to pay for that
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like you would
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with a cell phone plan or something?
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Absolutely.
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That messaging cost money.
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And yes, you are allowed to,
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you know, buy what they call
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commissary goods where you have
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you can get hygiene or, you know, paper
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snacks.
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All of the kind of the things you see on
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TV, you’re able to purchase
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those at the commissary.
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And, you know, for people
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that do have money on their books
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and they’re able to purchase stuff
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there a lot of times able
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to to trade that with other inmates for,
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you know, services
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say, if, if an inmate, can,
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can help them do something
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or teach them something.
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So, you know, there’s there is that trade
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market there’s that, you know, definitely
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that ability where that commissary
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and what you can buy there,
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is valuable
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and can be traded with other inmates.
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So when there
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someone is in prison for,
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you know, many years,
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I sometimes wonder about things
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like holidays or activities that they’re
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I mean,
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they can’t just be in their cell
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all of that time.
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I mean,
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there must be something
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like community events
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and things like that.
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Yes, that is true.
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They do celebrate holidays in the prison.
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You know,
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they might have
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something special on the menu,
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say for Christmas dinner.
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They may have,
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programs that are put on by the inmates.
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They have special religious services.
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So holidays are not skipped over.
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You do celebrate them in prison
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and they even sometimes extend
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visiting hours.
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So, friends and family
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can spend more time with the inmates.
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The holidays are not ignored and they do,
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acknowledge them
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and celebrate them in prison.
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So, what’s a particular
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ordinary day like for an inmate, say,
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in a federal prison?
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Sure they are.
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The the day is very structured.
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You, you know, you lose that
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freedom or that ability
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to decide what you do.
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And when you do it, so you,
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you know,
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get up at the same time
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every day, you go to bed at the same time
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every day.
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There’s procedures
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that you follow
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when you get up
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and you know how
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you move about the prison.
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They definitely have things to do.
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You can enroll in classes.
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You can even get,
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you know,
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college courses and again,
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there’s there are grants and,
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and foundations
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that will help pay for that tuition.
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So really,
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you know, it is an opportunity for that
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inmate to gain some structure, to gain
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skills that they can use,
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when their sentence is over.
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And so,
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you know,
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some people
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will thrive
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in that structure, in that routine
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and get the most out of,
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you know, the therapy,
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the counseling, the education,
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everything that’s available.
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And, so your, your day can have some,
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chances for improvement and opportunity.
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But,
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you know, breakfast,
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lunch and dinner is at a certain time
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and everything is structured
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and routine so that, you know, the
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the system will allow
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as many inmates to coexist and,
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and get through the day.
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As you know,
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there are beds in the prison.
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Now, it sounds like
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what you’re saying there about,
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activities that
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some may look at.
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It’s being re rehabilitation,
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you know, our education, self betterment.
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We we like to think
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that the prison system,
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is helping
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rehabilitate people who committed crimes.
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It also sounds like a lot of
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that is the choice of the prisoner.
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Like, it’s not sort of
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told that they have to do any of this.
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It’s how much how motivated,
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you know, they,
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they themselves are toward achieving
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those goals. Is that about right?
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Right.
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It’s just an
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opportunity, for them to accomplish stuff
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in a very controlled environment
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if they choose to do that now.
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You know, sometimes
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it’s part of I’ve seen judges
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make it part of their sentence
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that, you know,
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they must obtain their GED, for example,
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you know, unless there’s
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some sort of exception,
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some sort of major learning
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disability, whatever the case may be,
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and their attorney can,
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you know, advocate
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against that as being,
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you know, impossible
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for them to, to accomplish.
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But a lot of times,
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what they do and how much
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they are able to complete
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is up to the inmate and,
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you know,
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there’s the opportunity
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for rehabilitation, but don’t ever,
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you know, look over
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forget the fact that this is a very
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stressful time for them as well.
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You know, it’s it’s a time where,
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a lot of times, if they
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don’t get their head right, they,
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you know, experience
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a lot of anxiety, depression
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and even develop you know, PTSD because,
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prison is not necessarily
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a friendly place for inmates to coexist.
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I would imagine that that thing
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you just said
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there, the, effect
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on the individual of the environment
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might also correspond to some degree
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with the level of security they’re under.
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So I know there’s minimum
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security, medium
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security and maximum security.
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How do those differ?
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Well, that process,
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between the county jail
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and being transported to the prison
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they’re assigned to where they get,
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you know, basically
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the they get screened
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and the,
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Department of Corrections looks at the,
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the big picture and decides
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which facility
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would be most appropriate for them.
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Now, you know,
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if you had it
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depends on the person’s criminal history,
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the crime that they are going to be
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doing the sentence on.
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And, you know, obviously the more,
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violent,
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more serious, the higher the security.
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And not just that
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the security level reflects
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the amount of freedom
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what they have
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and the other offenders
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that they’re going to be housed with.
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So in a maximum security prison, there’s,
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you know,
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their freedoms are going to be restricted
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or watched a little bit more,
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and then they’re going to be
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housed with other dangerous offenders.
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And so,
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you know, those lower
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classifications really are ideal.
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Because, you know, you’re going to be
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in a more safe environment
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if you’re in a medium or,
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a low security prison.
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I suppose they all. Technically.
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All three levels, probably all have
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opportunities for growth
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and rehabilitation.
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It’s just the way they access it
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or the amount of access
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they have to it might be different.
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Right.
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And you know,
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it depends state to state as well.
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This this varies
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greatly from one state to the other.
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And you can even be sentenced
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in one state and housed
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in the prison of another state,
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just depending on how full
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that state prisons are.
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So,
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there’s a lot of factors
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and a lot of variables into,
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you know, where you’ll go or,
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or what the conditions will be like.
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So in your experience
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and seeing clients of yours,
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I’m sure some,
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you know, end up in prisons.
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Have you seen
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what have you seen in terms of the
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the effect on them when they come out,
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if you have any,
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contact with them after that?
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Sure.
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Sometimes our clients
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will check in with us
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after they’re released from prison,
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or they’ll run into members of my staff.
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And you know that the
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devastation to their life,
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you know, it
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a lot of times
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depends on
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how much support they had going into it.
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You know, when they go to prison,
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no one’s there necessarily
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to pay their bills,
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whether it’s their drug payment
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or their mortgage or their child support,
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whatever the case may be.
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And so, you know, when they come out,
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sometimes they have,
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a big mountain to climb, you know, to
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get back to where they were prior
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to going into prison.
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So it’s not ideal.
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And sometimes the,
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the client can prepare for that.
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And we definitely recommend
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that they start their preparation
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if that’s a possibility.
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You know, obviously
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we try to avoid that at all costs.
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But sometimes,
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you know,
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the circumstances
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just are such that
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we can’t
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avoid that sentence for our clients.
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So I’m sure that anyone watching this
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video might have more questions
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about the prison systems.
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So,
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tell us how
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they can get to more information
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and how they might contact
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you should they need an attorney.
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Sure.
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We will
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link our blog post in the description
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and then they can always call text
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or chat with a member of my team
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anytime, day or night.
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Here at Just Criminal Law,
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