Can you imagine yourself locked away with no way to call your family or attorney? To have your family blocked from receiving your calls for weeks on end because your mother had a brother or sister pickup another extension to give you an encouragement. That you had been moved from one jail to another and they do not honor a calling card you had just purchased to contact home? That you had an appointment to see your loved one only to get there and find they had moved them to another location without notice. You cannot check on family members or they on you? Can you imagine the fear of being locked away and no one can check on your well being? That the jail imposes a fee of $3.00 on every call you make to family or attorney. The jail has a monipoly on the telephone services allowed to be used at each location.
If rehabilitation is the goal this sort of treatment defeats it. Makes for frustration and anger for those locked inside. Look at the website. Do you see any information regarding contact? How do you set up a calling card? How much does it cost? What about clothing. No money no clothes and no one allowed to bring you even a pair of underware when all you have is one pair. No information on when a hearing will take place for an inmate so that attorneys and family can be present. $4.00 for a pair of underware for someone who has no money and 1 pair...All of these jails needs to be set up for receipt of donations for penniless inmates. Who is the criminal here? Some of these souls have not committed a crime other than coming to this country seeking freedom from oppression.
Cons: Communication & Clothing.
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