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The reality of prisons. Please dont read if you dont want to know.
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 684304" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>I don't know a whole lot about Belle's time in prison (right at a year), but I know from her stories and our few visits that it was pretty bad. The staff that was supposed to take care of our documentation were either overwhelmed or completely inept. So we got a visit in May that was approved but then we were suddenly not approved and didn't see her again till October. Of course until we were approved again we couldn't send money or set up phone calls. Letters only and nothing in them... We could send photos after approval, but only printed on plain paper, no larger than 5x7, and only 3 per letter. When we went to visit, I had Rose's toddler formula in a bottle (per their own instructions) and they made me pour it out. Of course in the visiting area they didn't even have milk. Even so, the large area where we visited had areas for talking to the kids, vending machines available, reasonable bathrooms. The "girls" all had to sit at assigned tables and face the cameras, which makes sense.</p><p></p><p>Belle said that it was better than jail, because they had more freedom inside their "cottages". I also know she got in trouble for a bunkie stealing her bra and she took it back... Solitary, and no one told us (as they were supposed to, per the agreement we had to sign) until we made the 90-minute drive, arrived and could not see her (September). But, they didn't give her the same medications, and put her back on something that did not work... And when she tried to see the doctor for some pain she was having in her legs, was ignored until she actually collapsed. She'd called me several times to try and figure out what was going on.</p><p></p><p>She said there were a lot of drugs coming in and out but she never wanted to go back to solitary again. Smart girl. Being Ohio, smoking is not allowed in any public building, so no smoking there, either, though she said some people managed to.</p><p></p><p>I would never ever want a child to go to prison, but I have to say, Belle came out the other side a much changed young lady. She's a success story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 684304, member: 6705"] I don't know a whole lot about Belle's time in prison (right at a year), but I know from her stories and our few visits that it was pretty bad. The staff that was supposed to take care of our documentation were either overwhelmed or completely inept. So we got a visit in May that was approved but then we were suddenly not approved and didn't see her again till October. Of course until we were approved again we couldn't send money or set up phone calls. Letters only and nothing in them... We could send photos after approval, but only printed on plain paper, no larger than 5x7, and only 3 per letter. When we went to visit, I had Rose's toddler formula in a bottle (per their own instructions) and they made me pour it out. Of course in the visiting area they didn't even have milk. Even so, the large area where we visited had areas for talking to the kids, vending machines available, reasonable bathrooms. The "girls" all had to sit at assigned tables and face the cameras, which makes sense. Belle said that it was better than jail, because they had more freedom inside their "cottages". I also know she got in trouble for a bunkie stealing her bra and she took it back... Solitary, and no one told us (as they were supposed to, per the agreement we had to sign) until we made the 90-minute drive, arrived and could not see her (September). But, they didn't give her the same medications, and put her back on something that did not work... And when she tried to see the doctor for some pain she was having in her legs, was ignored until she actually collapsed. She'd called me several times to try and figure out what was going on. She said there were a lot of drugs coming in and out but she never wanted to go back to solitary again. Smart girl. Being Ohio, smoking is not allowed in any public building, so no smoking there, either, though she said some people managed to. I would never ever want a child to go to prison, but I have to say, Belle came out the other side a much changed young lady. She's a success story. [/QUOTE]
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