kayna

I finally got junkllama out of jail, after a very long and painful week of trying. The cops busted him in our squat one morning while i was walking Squee. I guess we're not very good at this whole 'homeless' thing. Here's what he had to say about the experience:

"Jail was unbelievable this time around.. i'm fairly certain they're breaking quite a few federal laws and guidelines regarding the treatment of inmates. I spent the 36 hours before they brought me to court in a dark, damp, unventillated concrete room with 150 other people packed shoulder-to-shoulder and a single toilet that was overflowing over about a quarter of our floorspace. It was so cold that the few rare occasions I had enough room to attempt to lay down, lying on the floor was like lying on a sheet of ice and far too painful to sustain very long. We only got fed twice during this whole time, 2 frozen bologna sandwhiches (just 2 slices of white bread with a slice of bologna inbetween) that were still crunchy from the ice crystals. There were 2 schizophrenics whose delusional ramblings grew progressively worse and worse, and a pretty bad seizure resulting in a cracked skull and lots of blood, because they refused to let anyone out to see the nurse and get medications they desperately needed. The monotity was broken every couple of hours by another brutal fight, which the guards were more than happy to watch enthusiastically but otherwise not intervine. Of all of the times I've been to jail before, I've never experienced anywhere CLOSE to that level of misery, or seen human beings treated more like neglected animals. Oh, and they took my glasses from me during booking because one side was being held together by a safety pin, and never gave them back when I was released.. so I've been walking around blind as a bat since I got out"

good times