Day 142 (2/11/15) Rule #12, The cops are not your friends

Then there was 7. Of all the girls to go, I didn't mind that Janie left and to my surprise , no one else cared either. The girls talked all night about her. The pent up frustration and tension was being released. The tension I saw had been building up. Sounds like Janie left at the perfect time, because the storm was brewing. Listening to all the stories they shared, I see now why they are all happy she's gone. Ms. Dolly had us laughing so hard with her story of how she thought she was going to have the room to herself when everyone went out to program one day. But, Janie and her girlfriend, Dreamer, came back to the room and had sex in the shower. Poor Ms. Dolly !

Everyone, including myself was over her banging on the windows and yelling down the hall all the time . We can all rest at ease that she won't drag out room down anymore. Rule #7: Stay low key and don't bring attention to yourself and room. Janie, for being here before, must have forgotten that rule. Now, we have to hope our new roommate is cool. We found out Janie could be facing charges of assault on an officer. She is so screwed. We watched them take her last night to AD SEG (Administrative Segregation). They took everything from her, out her in a muumuu, handcuffed her, and walked her over to 504. Tiny cell, no personal property, no canteen purchases, food is brought to your cell, you are allowed to come out and shower every other day, and you get an hour of yard time every 3 days. Basically, it's horrible. Sometimes you do a week and your back on A-yard. But, because she face charges, she could be there until the investigation and hearing is done. If she's found guilty, she could have to do a SHU term on top of her original sentence. This will follow her when she gets classified. She's going to be high security and the cops are going to mess with her. She is doing a 5 year sentence she just made that time incredibly more difficult for herself. It's dumb if you think you can fight the cops in here and win. Janie blew it, her name was on the list today to see her counselor.  That's what she had been waiting for. Lost, all because she felt the need to be a badass bitch. She was delusional . She thought some of the cops were "cool" and "liked" her. Rule #12:  The cops are not your friends, they are cops ! 

It was a really nice day, just the seven of us. We finally got out and programmed. I learned how to play 10,000 and TT, Jazy, Prego, and I played until dinner. Then it was time for women going "over the wall" to leave . 30 women left today. No one from our room. It's bittersweet, I like all the girls and don't want them to leave. But, I know how bad I want "over the wall" so, I want them to get that muumuu and get out of here ! 

Our new roommate arrived today, right before dinner. Carra is from Kern County. She does not speak English and like Sam, she's going home on March 7th. In a month from now, there will be a lot new faces in this room. I hope they will be faces that I get along with.

Day 122 & 123 (1/22/15) "Sick in the Head"

Officially one week. It went by pretty quick. Got another duckett, going to medical today. 

Breakfast was interesting today, as Jewelz and Kali were planning on hooking up after breakfast. They are not in the same cell, but are next to each other (104 and 105). Jewelz was going into Kali’s cell after breakfast. Kali’s roommate was totally uncomfortable with the situation. She tried to stay back and clean tables. But, no such luck. She had to endure their hook up session. 

Then, our crazy neighbor in 101, was back at it again. This time fighting with her roommate. Bitching and complaining that she’s dumb and only 21 and needs to respect her elders. I believe in respecting your elders, but that does not give you a pass to be rude and dis-respectful. Our neighbor is loud, bossy, and condescending. She caused a scene pounding on the door until the CO (correctional officer) came over. She was demanding her roommate be moved. He wasn’t putting up with her shit. He told her the only move she was getting was to Ad Seg (Administrative Segregation). That’s 24/7 lockdown. She kept on arguing and he says “Welcome to prison” and walked away. 

At laundry, our crazy neighbor tried to get sympathy, but no one was having it. No one cares. She is loud and obnoxious. She’s going to get her ass kicked one of these days. 

Day 123 (1/23/15)

Lots of fog this morning. The weather here sucks, because you can be on lockdown or modified program because of the weather and I hate not getting to program and not going outside. 

Trying to keep myself busy. It can be rough at times. I’m working on making a deck of cards. We didn’t get all our program time, but we got some and some is better than none. Within 10 minutes of being outside, it was “yard down”. Two girls in our unit got into a fight over the shower. One threw her shampoo bottle and it hit the other lady in the mouth. The lady went after her. The girl went running until she was cornered. She got in a few good hits before they broke it up. 30 minutes later it was “yard down” again ! This time in 703, the medical building. It was the fire alarm. It was a 20 minute ordeal, but at least I was outside enjoying the fresh air. 

Another day down and off to sleep. Of course our neighbor in 101 was up all night. Sometime around 2:30am, she’s hollering “Medical Emergency ! Medical Emergency !”. She’s sick and needs to see medical. She kept asking the CO what time it was and he kept saying “time to sleep”. She kept at it. I was like please be quiet. She kept screaming “I’m sick, I’m sick”. The CO said “Sick in the head”. I laughed, rolled over and went back to sleep. I’m thankful I could sleep through it, but not everyone was so lucky. Lots of women were up all night because of her and they were not happy about it. The lady in 101 is not making any friends.