Chapter 4
Prisoners must keep silence unless spoken to by a officer.
Cells must be cleaned daily, scrubbed down with a cloth. They specified
underside of the metal surfaces, the commode, sink and even bars of the cells.
Two meals a day will be given, and no food will be returned to the kitchen.
Exercise would be permitted at anytime in cells, but is required in an exercise
area three times daily.
Clothing is not permitted because it might be used to harm oneself and spreads
diseases.
Showering is required after each exercise time.
Hair will be kept neat or be cut at shoulder length.
You laid and read through more rules and wondered what was to happen, but you
were tired and fell asleep.
During your sleep you woke twice and discovered the lights still on but subdued.
You used the commode and drank water from the sink using your hands.
You were woken up with a loud, bell and you saw every woman drop to the floor
and kneel on hands and knees. You did the same. Then the door at the end of the
area opened and in walked two men pushing a cart with something on it.
They came to every cell and opened the small area pushing something inside,
before moving on to the next cell. They came to yours and pushed in two bowls, a
plate. All these were metal and on the plate were three pieces of fruit. In one
bowl was something like a soup or broth with some vegetables. In the second bowl
was something that looked like dry cereal. The other women didn't move from
their position so neither did you and you were starving but stayed put. The men
moved to all the other cells and then across the hall opened the tiny windows
and shoved in the same to the closed cells. When the men had finished, they left
the room and when they had done so, the women crawled forward and began to eat
from the bowls and plate. You wanted to take your food to the mattress but
no-one else did so you stayed on the floor and began to sample the food. The
soup mixture was not flavored but did offer something in the way of good dietary
balance, you drank it from the bowl. The cereal was very bland and somewhat like
bran cereal without sugar. You ate all of it too. Lastly you ate the three
pieces of fruit, two apples and a plum. The apple core and plum pit were placed
back on your plate but you saw the other women had not put theirs there and
whispered to the neighbor woman, "Where can we put this?"
She looked scornfully at you and made a motion to swallow both.
You had never eaten the whole apple core before but decided that it was not a
safe option to leave it there but the pit of the plum, how could you swallow
this?
You tried several times but couldn't seem to do it and decided to take it to the
commode instead, by leaving it in your mouth.
The other women laid on their bunks or you saw them stretch or do various
exercises.
The door opened again and a voice said, "Up everybody!" You and everyone stood
at the front of the cells. Two men came in one carrying a shotgun at hip level
and the other went to two cells and opened them. The men stepped back and the
women inside scurried out in front of them, turning toward the doorway the men
had just came from. Then they all disappeared and the door closed.
Everyone laid back and you did the same.
The door opened again and the same phrase was yelled but the two women didn't
return. That disturbed you. You stood still as the men opened two more cells and
took away two more women, then the door shut again.
What had happened to them, you wondered. Well it wasn't long before you found
out. The door opened and as you stood you saw two women coming through before
the men and pass to the shower door. The men waited while the shower was on,
looking at al of you standing tall and naked in your cells. Perhaps five minutes
passed and the showers stopped and you knew the drying lamps were on. You waited
while the two men walked up and down the central area looking intently at you
and other women. Their eyes seemed to lock on your breasts and pubic areas for a
very long time.
The door opened and out came two women who went right into their cells and stood
like you at the front while the doors were closed.
The men opened you cell door! You exited and another woman with you and you
followed her through the notorious door. The woman led you down a long narrow
brick walled hallway. She passed many doors that had no windows but when she got
to the end of the hall, she opened the last door and the sunlight hit streamed
in. She walked out and you followed. The area was filled with sand, and was
simply a large twenty foot square sandbox with nothing in it except two large
boxes at one end. The men closed the door after you went through it and you
followed the lead of the other woman. She walked around the outside so you
followed. You were not in as good shape as this woman, and after fifteen or so
trips around, you began to tire but not her. She began passing you, and if your
internal clock was working, she and you, walked for the better part of half an
hour before the door opened and she walked back into the hallway. You followed
her back in the opposite direction and you walked past the cells and into the
shower room. She stayed at one end and you at the other. The icy water caught
you off guard and you performed your cleaning ritual.
When you and she had dried the door opened and you walked back to your cell,
closing the door behind you. The rest of the morning (though it was hard to tell
time) was spent laying on your mattress or doing some exercises to keep from
getting stiff.
The men came in and out taking every woman to exercise and shower. Then one time
another two men came in and took you from your cell, applied leg manacles and
hands cuffed behind you. They marched you to the first door in the hallway. When
you pushed it open you saw a room with a large long table, tall chairs around
it, and a large wooden x frame on one wall. There were no pictures on the walls,
nor any other fixtures in the room. You were instructed to stand at the end of
the table and wait.
The men stayed and watched you. A woman came in and in a subservient manner
draped you with a long shawl around your shoulders. At long last you could be
covered. Then the woman left and in filed people, fully dressed, some women some
men.
The table was full and the man at the end spoke first. "We always have a speedy
trial in this country." "You have been charged with transporting illegal drugs
into our country." "Evidence of these drugs was found on your person and within
your person." "Therefore we also charge you with illegal use of drugs."
"The penalties of these charges is severe, do you have any idea what those are
is?" He asked.
You were nervous, having all these eyes look at you while you had no way to
defend yourself, and no idea how those drugs could have been on your person. You
answered his question, "No." "I am innocent of these charges, there has been a
terrible..........."
One of the officials came forward and put his hand over your mouth cutting off
your comment.
The man at the end of the table said, "Let me tell you right now, you don't talk
out of turn, you will answer our questions only, you will be reprimanded for
that outburst." He waved his hand and the official took your smock and pulled it
open exposing one of your ample breasts, and half your pubic region.
You tried to move away but the official reached out and held you by your arm.
The man spoke again. "Lady, you don't listen do you?" "We have little time for
grandstanding here, now if you show another outburst, you will be divested of
all your clothing, understand?"
You shook with fear and answered, "Yes."
He spoke again I repeat myself, "Do you have any idea of the sentences for these
crimes?"
You were scared to ask but choked out the words, "No."
"You could be sentenced to three years for every ounce of drug." "Additionally
for having the drugs in your body, there is a two year sentence." He added.
Another man at the table interjected. "But she hasn't been found guilty yet,
lets carry on with the trial." He added, I would like time alone with the
prisoner first."
At last you thought, there's a person who thinks about humane treatment and you
desperately wanted to speak to him.
The gentleman stood and came over to you, he took your arm and walked you toward
a door.
Inside the room you saw a desk on one wall with two chairs sitting next to it.
Across from that a large leather covered sofa, and book cases along the other
two walls.
The gentleman introduced himself as Mr Morgan and motioned you to have a seat on
the sofa.
