phyzik
08-03-2007, 10:18 PM
OK, so Thursday was a typical day at work, I started to head home down 281 South back into town. Im cruising along with traffic, listening to KISS when I see lights behind me. to the point, I was doing 75 in a 65, have a revoked driving license, 3 warrants for failure to appear and 1 warrant for disobeying police officers (plus the ticket I was about to get). so.... Off to the Magisters office we go!!! (I would later learn he didnt specifically target me, he was just cruising along as well and was checking plates as he went, it wasnt the speed he stopped me for obviously and ALOT OF THE CHARGES ARE ARGUABLE IN COURT).
So.... 6:30pm and Im booked into the Magisters office.... its packed... They stick me in one of the roughly 15x10 rooms with some other guys. Im freaking out because, well, Im white. It turns out that shit is all nonsense, just about everyone was cool and we joked around to pass the time while I waited for my best friend to post against a 1000.00 bond. (for those unfimiliar, you usually only have to pay 10-20% of the ammount of the bond and nothing else). While I wait I get the opportunity to get a PR bond (like a bond but faster and less expensive, usually only have to pay 3% of the ammount and have 3 days to do so) so I go in to apply, they ask a few questions including if someone is currently trying to get a bond to get me out. I say yes and they give my friend a call to see where he is at in getting the bond.... he is at the Bondsmans place getting it at that point, so no reason to get the PR bond (or so we thought).
The Magister had given me until 2:00am to post the bond, it was now 2:45am and Im kind of getting nervous..... too late.... here comes the wagon, Im on my way to county.... FUCK!
Finally get into county, which by the way FUCKING SUCKS (as its meant to, but hear me out). Most people here know about the overcrouding in the county jail..... you have no idea... Lets just say I was living in conditions for 18 hours that would have had PETA screaming at the top of their lungs if this was used on animals. I hope this puts it into prospective....
The rooms before they "book" you into county jail and send you up to the "Annex" (where inmates actually hang) are similar to the holding tanks at the magister office, except a bit smaller and smell much more like urine. As we are ushured into 1 of the rooms I glance up and it has "MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY 16"..... 38 of us went into the room. Not only that, the AC vents dont work and on top of that the guards periodically come by and close the doors for a few hours at a time because some idiots in the rooms cant shut the fuck up. new residents call these rooms "MICROWAVES" and for good reason.
by this point I have talked to just about everyone else thats with me and a few of them have experienced this process before.... it takes 2 to 3 days before you are fully booked into county and get your own bed.... Guess where we stay in the mean time? thats right, the extremely cramped little rooms that have no AC. Most of us took turns standing while others could lay down on the concrete and get some rest, we'd switch every couple of hours.
suffice it to say, I was in custody from 6:30pm to about 4:00 when I hear some very magical words to my ears... a bond has been posted and paid for me just before I was about to take my shots and be given my orange jump suit complete with medicaly face mask inmates are required to wear constantly (unless sleeping with head under the covers) for 3 days strait.
let me tell you, its not fun, but I am suprised "iWitness wants to know" hasnt looked at the treatment these people get when entering county, it borders on being torture.... especially since ALOT of them are just for minor traffic tickets or misdimeanors. out of about 300 people I met in passing, only about 6 of them truely deserved hard time. The rest where getting out on bond or "time paid" for 24 hours of being in their. The fucking guards need to be kicked in the balls a multitude of times though some of them where tollorable given the circumstances.
Im just glad to be out...... You should be glad if you never have to go. I know I never want to go back again and I didnt even make it to the Annex (which, funny as it may sound, I heard is actually quite cool once you get past "admittance")
So.... 6:30pm and Im booked into the Magisters office.... its packed... They stick me in one of the roughly 15x10 rooms with some other guys. Im freaking out because, well, Im white. It turns out that shit is all nonsense, just about everyone was cool and we joked around to pass the time while I waited for my best friend to post against a 1000.00 bond. (for those unfimiliar, you usually only have to pay 10-20% of the ammount of the bond and nothing else). While I wait I get the opportunity to get a PR bond (like a bond but faster and less expensive, usually only have to pay 3% of the ammount and have 3 days to do so) so I go in to apply, they ask a few questions including if someone is currently trying to get a bond to get me out. I say yes and they give my friend a call to see where he is at in getting the bond.... he is at the Bondsmans place getting it at that point, so no reason to get the PR bond (or so we thought).
The Magister had given me until 2:00am to post the bond, it was now 2:45am and Im kind of getting nervous..... too late.... here comes the wagon, Im on my way to county.... FUCK!
Finally get into county, which by the way FUCKING SUCKS (as its meant to, but hear me out). Most people here know about the overcrouding in the county jail..... you have no idea... Lets just say I was living in conditions for 18 hours that would have had PETA screaming at the top of their lungs if this was used on animals. I hope this puts it into prospective....
The rooms before they "book" you into county jail and send you up to the "Annex" (where inmates actually hang) are similar to the holding tanks at the magister office, except a bit smaller and smell much more like urine. As we are ushured into 1 of the rooms I glance up and it has "MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY 16"..... 38 of us went into the room. Not only that, the AC vents dont work and on top of that the guards periodically come by and close the doors for a few hours at a time because some idiots in the rooms cant shut the fuck up. new residents call these rooms "MICROWAVES" and for good reason.
by this point I have talked to just about everyone else thats with me and a few of them have experienced this process before.... it takes 2 to 3 days before you are fully booked into county and get your own bed.... Guess where we stay in the mean time? thats right, the extremely cramped little rooms that have no AC. Most of us took turns standing while others could lay down on the concrete and get some rest, we'd switch every couple of hours.
suffice it to say, I was in custody from 6:30pm to about 4:00 when I hear some very magical words to my ears... a bond has been posted and paid for me just before I was about to take my shots and be given my orange jump suit complete with medicaly face mask inmates are required to wear constantly (unless sleeping with head under the covers) for 3 days strait.
let me tell you, its not fun, but I am suprised "iWitness wants to know" hasnt looked at the treatment these people get when entering county, it borders on being torture.... especially since ALOT of them are just for minor traffic tickets or misdimeanors. out of about 300 people I met in passing, only about 6 of them truely deserved hard time. The rest where getting out on bond or "time paid" for 24 hours of being in their. The fucking guards need to be kicked in the balls a multitude of times though some of them where tollorable given the circumstances.
Im just glad to be out...... You should be glad if you never have to go. I know I never want to go back again and I didnt even make it to the Annex (which, funny as it may sound, I heard is actually quite cool once you get past "admittance")