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Pre-sentencing

Interview with Tim and Bob

JM: Tell us about the pre-sentencing process:
Tim: There really was no pre-sentencing. I was kept overnight in the drunk tank and released on my own recognizance the next morning. I was scheduled to come back to court the next month.
Bob: I was held without bail and attended all my court appearences while in custody.

JM: Did you have police stop by your house for questioning? If not please give us details on how you came to be arrested.
Tim: The police never needed to come by house for questioning because I was not involved in an investigation. I had blown a .08 in a breathalyzer and was arrested.
Bob: No.

JM: What as court like? Please give as many details as you recall.
Tim: I showed up for court and waited almost all day for my case to be called. It basically took a whole ten minutes for everything to happen once I was in front of the judge. I just had to plead and wait for the judges verdict of what form my punishment would take.
Bob: If your fortunate enough to be housed in the same facility where your are to make your court appearence the process is fairly simple. You get called about 2 hours before and go wait in a holding cell by the courtrooms with other inmates going to court when you are done you generally wait another couple hours before returning to your mod.Going to court from George Bailey is an all day tedious affair. You are woken just before breakfast around 3:30am and told to eat quickly then your are taken to the holding cells where you wait...then are strip searched...then wait...get on a bus while a chain is wrapped around your waist and your handcuffed to that chain. Go to downtown..unload bus...wait in grimy holding cell...load bus...go to courthouse where you are to make appearence..wait..see judge from behind the enclosed inmate box...return to holding cell..wait...load bus...wait...go downtown...wait in holding cell...load bus go back to GBDF...wait in holding cell...return to your Mod. I would leave the mod at 4am and would not return until around 8pm it's a real real real drag.