Story archives - tag: "jail"

Matt

As I stood shivering and topless outside 7-11 at 3 in the morning with a strange woman who was just let out of jail, I wondered whether it was a sign to stop drinking or a suggestion to drink more.

tags: drinking 7-11 jail [add]

2008-10-13 15:17:17 / Rating: 555.25 /

Kaitlin

It was when they were arrested for selling marijuana that I realized the only mail I get is from various jails throughout the state that the majority of my friends are currently residing in.

tags: drugs raid jail friendless [add]

2008-09-03 14:44:32 / Rating: 203 /

LostTheories

You know your life is taking a turn for the surreal when you chart out how one will spend the months to come in jail.

tags: surreal jail serving time emotionally detatched [add]

2008-07-14 12:37:30 / Rating: 165.5 /

Tony

Spending New Years Day in a 6' x 9' cell made me realize that the stretch of tunnel between Clybourn and Clark is no place for an "adventure," and a flute of champagne is no friend to half a fifth of gin.

tags: jail liquor adventure [add]

2008-04-28 12:15:30 / Rating: 188.5 /

Amelia Larson

I found it cruel that they neither supply pillows nor offer massages in jail.

tags: jail knots pillow sleeping on a three inch mattress [add]

2008-02-06 13:36:30 / Rating: 208.5 /

yup

They don't serve Thanksgiving dinner in jail.

tags: jail dinner [add]

2007-12-11 11:42:10 / Rating: 276.25 /

Amelia Larson

Odd how when I was released from jail, the slammer seemed more like home than my permanent residence ever had.

tags: release jail home [add]

2007-10-11 11:16:20 / Rating: 255 /

eschatologies

My rapist went to jail and was released early for "good behavior.".

tags: rape crimes jail irony childhood [add]

2007-10-10 13:34:25 / Rating: 490.25 /

A Sad Grownup With a Little Girl's Heart

It constantly amazes me that every single day it takes me a few minutes post-waking before I realize that my father has been dead for almost 2 years and my mom is on her way to jail for prescription fraud.

tags: jail parents death awake [add]

2007-06-15 17:31:23 / Rating: 378.75 /

dan r

And so, seven hours before going to VietNam, I went to jail instead for smoking weed grown from seed smuggled back from VietNam.

tags: irony Vietnam weed jail military [add]

2007-05-24 23:42:39 / Rating: 424 /

Calliope

I never thought I would be responsible for sending someone to jail, but I didn't hesitate to press charges when I found out a very ex-boyfriend stole my identity.

tags: jail relationships identity theft [add]

2006-09-12 11:43:21 / Rating: 403 /