Chapter 6: A PADDED ROOM (THE PICKLE SUIT)

Chapter 6: A PADDED ROOM (THE PICKLE SUIT)

Suicide watch in Shakopee takes place in the facility’s segregation unit. While inmates are taken to seg for disciplinary reasons, it is also used for suicide watch and health concerns. Soon I would be seeing it for myself. Seven months had slid by since my arrival at...
Chapter 2: BAIL, SENTENCING, & PRISON INTAKE

Chapter 2: BAIL, SENTENCING, & PRISON INTAKE

Released on bail after 3 months in jail, Chad arrived to bring me home, telling me in the car, “We’re being evicted and everything has to be out of the house by the end of the day.” At home nothing was packed or ready for a move. We failed to meet the end of...
Chapter 1: JAIL

Chapter 1: JAIL

Intake process at the county jail passed in a blur. Well that’s not exactly true. It dragged on, so boring it became forgettable. An officer transported me by police car from the local police station to the county jail. Hands cuffed behind me, I sat on a hard...