To Friends. (March 11th)
tonight we’ve been put on lockdown becaquse the guards are short staffed. fuckers. no phone calls from 6 pm on, no showers, no dayroom, no working out, this sucks. i had two phone dates tonight and a plan to workout with my friend J. thursdays here are proving to be the odd days.hey already have canteen coming in, raqzor and clothing exchange but the last two weeks we’ve been put on lockdown. last week a neighboring pod had a mini-riot and fully clad iot-squad troops tromped in, and now this shit. oh well, it’s jail after all. i’m sure i’ll be able to call muy friends tomorrow.
canteen is always a little frenzied, people so eager and excited for sugar, coffee and underneath that just to have things. i order oatmeal, peanut butter, paper and stamps, as well as some soups to trade, cookies to give away, and some dehydrated spicy-refried beans for spreads. my funds are low but I think I may not order anything next week; i don’t really need anything really and I don’t like spending money in this jail economy. (ramen soups are marked up 200%). today my new probation officer came to interview me. he actually was a pretty alright guy and even called my lawyer and invited him to join us. luckily Dan wasn’t very busy and was here within 10 minutes. it was good to talk with both of them, Dan said I did well. The probation officer was writing his report which would recommend a sentence to the prosecution and judge, making the interview impactful. He said multiple times that I had a lot of things going for me, a lot of positive things, but he refrained from making any specific references to a sentence. I left feeling hopeful but still determined to not be too hurt if I have to do more time. I feel good about Dan’s efforts and am glad he is my lawyer. It feels good knowing the new report & recommendation will include my story and the letter you all have written (the probation officer thought highly of them even before reading them). So here i am on bunk 2B, where I’ll be for another couple weeks. I hope I get out soon. <3 JJ. buenos noches.
