GUEST POST: Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Part VI — A Night of Screams
March 26, 2008
Last of a continuing series of posts sharing my recollections of the time I went to jail for 24 hours as a journalist...
"This is still jail," says one woman while we eat our supper, "but it’s a lot nicer than some jails."
There are general nods of agreement and the women begin discussing different jails like most of us might talk about different shopping malls or hair salons or restaurants. Greeley sucks, they agree. So does Arapahoe County. JeffCo isn’t too bad.
I sit and listen and eat my somewhat palatable supper — meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, mixed canned veggies, and chocolate cake served frosting-side down — while they compare notes, and I’m astonished at how many jails and prisons these women can describe. And then comes the revelation: I am the only one in the unit who has never been in jail before.
Tags: 2008, April 2008, Author's Issues, Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Guest Author Post, pamela clare, Unlawful ContactGuest Post: Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Part V — Romance and Meth Heads
March 19, 2008
Part of a continuing series of posts sharing my recollections of the time I went to jail for 24 hours as a journalist…
Back in the women’s unit, Marie, the young pregnant woman, is bustling in and out of her cell, getting ready for her hearing. She thinks she’s going to be allowed to go home and is all but telling everyone goodbye. But then I notice that everyone seems to be in a flurry over something. One woman is wearing rollers in her hair. (Foam rollers are available through the commissary, along with some basic forms of make up.) She wears them for a while and then passes them on to another woman, who runs squealing back to her cell. Read more
Tags: 2008, April 2008, Author's Issues, Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Guest Author Post, pamela clare, Unlawful ContactGuest Post: Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Part IV — Broomsticks and Bibles
March 17, 2008
Part of a continuing series of posts sharing my recollections of the time I went to jail for 24 hours as a journalist…
By the time the lunch trays have been cleared away, the thaw I sensed has frozen over again. Most inmates ignore me, but the one who yelled at me for sitting in her chair — Ms Fat Bottom — tosses me a few angry glances, her friends doing the same. While they go back to talking, the TV drones on.
“Shut the fuck up!” one of the TV watchers shouts. “We can’t hear!” Read more
Tags: 2008, April 2008, Author's Issues, Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Guest Author Post, pamela clare, Unlawful ContactGUEST POST: Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Part III — Behind the Red Door
March 14, 2008
This is Part III of a continuing series of posts based on my recollections of the time I went to jail for 24 hours as a journalist.
“You’re in 17.” The guard points to my cell.
And then the guard is gone.
The door closes with a heavy, steel sound somewhere between a click and a clang. I know the door will open for me again in 24 hours, but still it’s an ominous sound, not a sound you’d associate with anything good.
Tags: 2008, April 2008, Author's Issues, Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Guest Author Post, pamela clare, Unlawful ContactGUEST POST: Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Part II — Strip-searched
March 12, 2008
Part of an ongoing series of posts about my 24-hour stay in jail, which help inspire Unlawful Contact, the next book in my I-Team series.
“Put your toes on the line and look up at the camera.”
Panels flash bright, fluorescent light, then fade. Read more
Tags: 2008, April 2008, Author's Issues, Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Guest Author Post, pamela clare, Unlawful ContactGuest Post: Goldilocks Goes to Jail, Part I - Pamela Clare looks good in stripes…
March 10, 2008
Pamela Clare, intrepid author of some of my favorite romantic suspense, including the soon to be released and amazingly good Unlawful Contact (Berkley, 1 Apr 08), shares a post with us describing the day she spent in jail...
