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Closing Advice

Interview with Lisa, Ron and Bill

JM: What else would you want a friend or family member to know if they have a loved one going to this jail?
Lisa: Going to jail is a lesson. It is a tool that society uses to let people know that they have done something wrong. What the common public does not know is that the nature of the crime and assignment at the time of the crime is the worst offense so the county can get more money out of the criminal, make the lawyers more money and keep the criminal as broke as possible. When a person has been there once they don't want to go back. My son killed himself after one night in the Clackamas County Jail. He was charged with Kidnapping I which my ex-husband that used to beat me NEVER got charged with during a domestic fight. The system needs serious and careful insight to be just. Once a person is a repeat offender, they will have very little opportunity to ever be out in the "normal" world again. It is a sad, unrelenting way to keep criminals labeled for the rest of their life. I know very few that make it. The one that I do know got the worst offense assigned for a fist fight in a bar. 2.5 years in OSP. Without his family, his job and his friends, he would still be there. I have a throw away nephew that will probably never be able to stay out. It is sad. To be successful, criminals need to be medicated if needed, tested and trained in critical thinking skills. That will never happen.
Ron: Don't have an attitude, lose your sense of self...Just mind your business if you want, and generally everybody else will mind there's. Realize you have NO control.

JM: If somebody knows they will be serving time in this jail what is your advice to them?
Lisa: Don't do the crime if you can't do the time!
Bill: Don't get too involved in other peoples business and if you're there for a short time make sure you either trade your envelopes/writing material for food or goodwill.
Ron: Don't be a jackass, you will comply or you will suffer...The choice is yours.