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In this video, we dive deep into the legal status of delta-8 THC. Delta-8 THC has gained popularity for its unique effects, but its legality remains a gray area in many places. We’ll explore the current federal laws, state regulations and recent changes in legislation.

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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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