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Like doing it the wrong way.

Yep,

yep, yep.

I've got a thingy to do.

We deal with violent arrestees on a daily basis.

Anytime it comes to a situation where there could be a potential altercation,

we always will increase our numbers. No one will be left on their own. It's

extremely challenging.

It takes a major toll on you.

Have a seat on the bed, sir. All right.

Can I get a seat on the bed, sir?

Have a seat, man. Have a seat.

What am I being locked up for?

Ten charges.

How many of these pages are going to check on my wife?

No, for $30,000, phone two officers.

How did I assault two officers?

I'm not going to do that.

I wanted to go check on my wife because she got pulled over. I went to go see

what the problem was. I seen her talking to a cop. I got out of the car and

parked next to her.

As soon as I got out of the car, they pressed me.

The traffic stopped for his wife.

He came up to this and they said it went from zero to a thousand and he almost

hit two law enforcement officers with his wife's car.

I got out of the car and checked on my wife and y'all harassed me.

He got out of the vehicle and approached the law enforcement officers on the

driver's side, and he would not comply with any of their commands.

Actually, we was going pumpkin carving.

Like, we was about to go pumpkin carving at mom's crib.

Like a whole family thing?

Yeah, like mom, dad, aunties, great-grandpa.

I wanted them here.

Like, now y'all about to go home and have me sitting in here? I'm trying to

tell you, bro, this ain't going to work out. I'll see you in a minute.

Hold on, hold on. Oh, sit down. No, hold on. You got to sit down. No, I need a

pen.

Eight minutes now? Yeah.

Over.

Hey, where's your dude?

Thank you, man. Don't let him die.

Done.

She's from the courthouse?

I think so.

I know.

Are you ready to come out?

I really hope so.

I'm trying.

Clearly I am not doing my best right now.

I was at court today for the DUI.

She just came back from court.

She went to court to do a program for alcohol offenders. She ended up showing

up to court intoxicated.

I'm intoxicated.

I almost made it six months sober before I started up again.

It has not gone well.

Hey, Lindsay, I'm Deputy Logsdon with the Fiber County Sheriff's Office, all

right? How are you?

I'm sorry, what?

I'm Deputy Logsdon. I'm with the Fiber County Sheriff's Office.

All right.

What's going on?

This is loud.

This is loud?

All right.

I'm sorry.

I'm having a panic attack.

All right. Well, you're not in trouble or anything. This is just a panic

attack.

It's just a traffic sign. That's all this is right now is just a traffic

sign.

You want

to sit in my car real quick?

It'll be a little bit quieter over there, all right?

I'm conducting a DUI investigation, okay? I believe you are impaired right

now. What I want to do is conduct field sobriety exercises.

Are you willing to do those exercises?

Yes.

I am like one.

Okay. I've been wearing those damn things the whole way.

I was going to court today.

To just end my probation and obviously that didn't work out.

No,

I just gotta hang out here for a little while.

Do you think that you could quit smoking on your

own? No, absolutely not.

The evidence is right here. I showed up to court drunk. I blew a .3-something.

I was at the end of my probation, and I still needed

more.

Is there a possibility of me getting one?

Yeah, absolutely. I'll go find you one.

It's so very cold. I haven't even gone in the cold room yet. Okay.

I'm on the decline of intoxication right now, so the detox is going to suck.

Alcohol is the worst detox you could possibly imagine.

If she suffers the way I've seen people suffer, it gets to the point where they

don't even know who they are.

Constant yelling, screaming, barking like a dog, like I mean to the point

where ripping their clothes off.

I'm hoping she does not go through that because there's nothing we can do for

that.

Here you go, ma'am.

Yes. I'm already getting shaky.

I'm probably going to throw up at least three or four times.

But they wanted me to do a five-day detox anyway before I could even get

into my inpatient program.

So I guess I'm going to do it here.

Y'all ain't got shit else to do.

I don't got time for this.

Have you ever had to spend time in jail?

Yeah, every time before.

But this is petty.

Like, this Virginia shit is petty.

Like, these motherfuckers.

Can I

ask

what brings you in here tonight?

I went to the bar and had a couple of drinks, and then someone said that I

drank too much, and the police came.

I got a little f***ed up.

What was the drink of choice today?

Some tequila shots and a couple of beers.

I wasn't driving.

I was like right down the street from my house.

Some lady called and said, I just got to tell them.

So I fell down in front of their houses, and they were a part of it.

I'm not going to bail.

Are you from Virginia Beach, or are you visiting? I'm from Buffalo, New York.

And I've been here for like 20 years.

And I like it a lot.

I do a lot of yoga.

Like naked head of war yoga.

It's probably like the most strange things you can do in your life.

And the best food around here is the Himalayan yak meat.

From my family, Matt, which is really good.

What's your question?

Can you talk to Matt?

They told me that I might get out in four hours if I don't call anybody.

Or I can call somebody and get out in a couple hours.

One, two.

You can pick up a bunch of cards. Do not text. Do not call.

So for public and private cards, they can call someone to come and get them,

or they have to wait there eight hours from the time they come in the facility,

and then they'll be released on their own for cognizance.

Where you can sit in the back right now.

Once I put this phone up, you're not going to be able to access it again.

So if you want to get numbers, that's nice.

All right, so do me.

Where's my buddy at the head? You want me to search belly?

Inside their eye.

All right.

I had a great time.

He was saying that he wanted a phone call a lot of times.

Those individuals who come in with public intoxicated to even make a phone

call.

For a hundred and a couple of drinks?

A lot of times they wait those eight hours.

Sit down and relax.

Yeah, whatever.

Ain't no, man. Ain't no.

Don't know what they're talking about.

West Point, Mississippi.

Small, neat community.

Go over there and sit down. We'll let you get your phone call. Really?

People that come in and out of our facility or our neighbors, our family

members, friends, you name it. You know my family.

Yeah, I know your family. Come on, right this part, get on your ass.

A lot of the people that come in and out of our facility are repeat offenders

that just come in and out for various reasons.

It's kind of like the old TV show, Cheers, you know. Everybody knows your

name.

Have you been here before?

Oh, many years ago.

I see the last time in 2002.

You from here?

Oh, yeah. I was born and raised here.

Played football, played championship,

and ran track.

I ain't been around Clay County.

Yeah, I've been trying to find some gold out in the mountains out in California.

Okay.

I realized how country I was, so I moved out of California.

Some people say, I'm a redneck, you know, and I'm like, oh, really?

Well, hell, y'all didn't even fight in the Civil War. What are you talking

about? You ain't no redneck.

And what brought you in here today?

My mama's boyfriend.

When he got in my face and backed me up in the corner, I didn't hit him. I just

took my arm and pushed him, and then when he wouldn't grab it up to me,

that's when I grabbed it here.

How did the argument start?

He's about the same age as I am, and I thought it was so creepy, you know.

And that sneaky son of a, sneaking around the house.

I didn't mean hearing him in there discussing me with my mama. And I don't

even know the man's last name.

And so I went in there to get that straightened out.

And the only thing, he got broke with a picture of my great-grandma, and I was

her favorite.

So that tells me something right there.

Then at the black and white board, I'm going to take a picture. I'm going to

get an updated picture of my mother again. Can I comb my hair first?

I'm going to get that dust off that camera. I don't want a beard now.

Wait for me.

All right.

After my daddy passed away, my mom was like depressed.

I figured, well, if I fix the house up, that'd make her happy. Putting floors

in, painting the whole freaking house, redoing the bathroom.

And my mama.

Gives him the key, goes and buys his alcohol, sits there and pops his brew,

you know, sneaking around the house. But I asked for somebody to go get me some

damn tea bags and sugar, and nobody moves.

It hurts when your mama leaves somebody else over you, you know.

I mean, you can't go get me no tea and sugar. We got a problem.

I'm going to have you sign some papers for me. This right here stating that

we're going to give you the jail property.

Yeah, she's got to fill all that paperwork out.

I called her Ms. Dipples.

Simples lets somebody know you're all right inside.

Ain't no wrong with it. No, Simples has got good heart, I can tell you.

Have they mentioned anything about if you're going to be able to get a bond?

Well, the police officer changed his story two or three times, so right now I

don't know.

I'm the one that should be filing the charges. I called 911 today.

But I'm up here looking at the old gal and wondering why I'm made to feel like

a criminal.

Hey,

bro, where's my first phone call at? I gotta call my wife.

All that happens when you get inside, sir.

Bro, I need to get inside real quick.

Two hours already.

Nothing. I'm cooling up with my wife.

I'm just ready to go home.

You need to relax and calm down, quit yelling and screaming, and you'll get

your phone call.

How you having? You haven't been in here for two hours, man.

Yep.

I understand.

But you're a little drunk right now. You're yelling and screaming. We're not

going to bring you out.

You're yelling.

I'm just talking, baby. You're not going to be standing. You need to relax.

Yeah.

Let me look at you.

How long have you been working at this?

It's been a while.

Okay. I'm going to get your fingerprint.

You want to wash your hands real quick before we get started? Yeah, because

they're real dirty.

Oh.

Wow.

You're going to be all right.

You're going to make it. I'm not the cleanest man in the world, but my mama

did teach me a little bit.

All right.

That's the best I can do.

You just washed your hands. Yeah. Working man hands.

We're not sitting around on the computer.

And it's still dirty. I know. I'd have to wash it again.

But she's going to put ink on them. That might give her some more ink. No, I

ain't going to put no ink.

Come on over here.

Oh, we got technology here now. Yeah. Okay.

Hold on. Hold your hand up like that.

Spread the water. Hold it like this.

Spread the water on it.

That's imaginary ink.

One-eyed raccoon. He had an eye missing.

I reached out and thought it was a cat, and it looked up at me as a one-eyed

raccoon, and he gnawed down on that finger, and he did not want to turn

away.

It is what it is. It is what it is.

Can you come on out to speak with the nurse for your medical intake?

We're going to go right down here, past the pillar.

Step on the scale and then follow the nurse to the start.

Hey, how are you feeling, Lizzie?

I have a massive headache.

And I'm fighting the nausea. So that's fun.

I really, really started drinking when I was about like 23.

I was not what you would call a party girl.

Back then.

I was the exact opposite. I was the bookworm.

And then I just did a whole 180.

I had a not consenting experience.

So.

My way of coping is by not having any feelings whatsoever.

I'm working on that.

I'm going to start booking you next, so then when I get you out for your

paperwork, I'll send you to housing.

Okay. Is there any way that I can get a pair of socks?

I will look for them.

Okay.

Thank you. You're welcome.

Hey,

y'all don't need no gun.

Scary ass.

You scary.

I'm just looking at you. You scary.

I'm scary.

Come on, bro. I need to make a phone call.

Okay, dude, we're going to go ahead and remove all the stuff off of you. I'm

going to grab the theory and go full air from now on. I heard you. I'm just

telling you what's going to happen.

That'll be a little bit later, bro.

All right, turn the TV off.

I want to get where they got it. I better get it back. You can get it back.

I want your belt. I want to make sure I get it back.

Because I'm on your paycheck, bro.

It takes four of y'all to take one.

Y'all scary?

Y'all scary.

Y'all don't need no gun. Y'all don't need to be in the city.

Make

sure

my shoes stay together with the belt.

You see, when you already have a youth support with an individual early at

night, kind of keep an eye because it can happen again once they have reality

with that individual.

And I think it's kind of sitting in with him right now.

He's going to be spending the rest of the weekend here.

And now all of this is happening.

It's raining.

It's the waking up and going back and the waking up and going back.

There's not much to do.

The withdrawals are a little rocky at first. I mean, you've got the issues

that come with it, the detoxing.

And most of the time, they're underneath the sheet after that. They take the meds

that they need to take, and then they're just under the blanket for days.

I threw up all night, but then I ate some eggs, and I've been eating.

So we'll see how lunch goes.

What's happening at lunch?

It's touch and go, whether or not it's edible.

But I have, hopefully they'll send me to rehab.

I'm trying to get into inpatient facility.

I've just been resisting, you know, trying to step it out and do my own

thing. Clearly that's not working.

I need to not lie to myself.

Our jobs are more than just booking.

Over and over again. You got to be strong now.

We play the role of counselor, pastor, father, mother, you name it.

We play that role in correction.

You know,

we are responsible for the care, the custody, and control of all of these

people that come through our door.

All right, you can have a seat. I've got to put in some information.

I'm getting looked at by all kinds of folks, you know, like I've got a bullet

on my mustache.

My nose is probably running.

That's because I got some allergies going on.

And it started doing it when I came up in here.

So there's something in here causing my allergies to react.

Sir, you do have a bun. Your bun is set at $2,985.75.

You want to call somebody?

Yes, ma'am. Got to exercise my right.

All right.

What the hell have you been eating, Frank?

What's up, Rob?

You good?

Golly, you ain't got no diabetes, have you?

That's one of my football mates in there, Frank the Tank.

Hey, bro.

Yeah, I'm up here at the window at the jail here.

I had to get him out of my face this morning.

Yeah, he's protecting her boyfriend. That's why I'm going to start calling

him now his boyfriend.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's a soft stuff.

Yeah.

Yeah, because I don't know nobody out here.

Oh, I appreciate it.

All right.

All right.

Well,

what is that?

Dress out.

A little locked down.

So he's going to be staying, you think, for a little while?

Unless he finds out.

Hopefully he won't make me sit and chill a week here.

I'm going to get you processed.

Straight down, you're going to make a left.

Right in there, place your back against that wall, feet on the feet.

Where's the fingerprint? Yes, where's the fingerprint and photograph.

Really? Yep.

Wow.

That's fantastic.

What about jaywalking?

How about hitchhiking?

Yes, it is. Do me a favor. Your color is purple.

Your favorite color is purple?

Okay, good talk.

You're going to look right in between these cameras here until you see a

flash.

Sorry, Superman.

Turn just your head to the right.

All right, you're going to have a seat behind me on the metal bench.

I told me that's the phone number you call if you get out of here.

I didn't get a phone call.

Four to five hours?

Four hours.

Super. Come on up here to the left side of me.

Let me get your left hand. If you have a cell phone in your property, I'll bring

it to you. You can write numbers down out of your cell phone. Write them.

I'm getting numbers. You can write them.

As many that will fit on a piece of paper, then I'm going to give you to

write them down. All right. Go on straight this way for me.

Then I'll put you inside the cell to use the phone.

Right in here.

If you have a phone, I will bring it to you to write down the numbers. Okay.

So apparently you had the opportunity to get numbers out of your home. You got

Billy's number. I don't know where you put it or what you did with it. So you

had an opportunity.

If you don't have that number, you have to wait your eight hours.

I'm sorry, who did you just say?

Who went out?

That's like population with everybody. So one person being upset could irritate

somebody else because of other issues.

I'm going to place you back against that gray wall right there.

You're going to look right up here at this camera for me.

Yeah, we're going to be on control.

You're going to have a seat on this bench right here behind me.

You've been to the James before?

Yeah. Okay. So you know you're going to pay a judge to see your report.

And you'll have an arraignment Monday.

I don't even want to charge it. Like, that's the... You want to know what

you're charging? I'm going to tell you right now. This is stupid.

You have a concealed weapon carry, obstructing of justice,

disorderly conduct in the street or public place, driving motor vehicle with

a suspended license, altered or forged license plate,

DWI second offense within five to ten years.

You are charged with suicide and battery. I'm sorry,

battery. I mean, this is some stuff.

Were you drinking?

Were you under the influence of alcohol?

Not really. Okay.

The demeanor has changed since he's been in the back. That's why I asked him if

he was under the influence or not.

Sometimes people are under the influence of something and don't remember.

It affects people's demeanor differently.

And he didn't realize how serious the charges were and how many.

Cops said I tried to grab his walkie, take him to the ground.

Don't you think I would have been shot?

I would have never brought up to that.

I would have never pulled up.

Stand up.

Hey, before you do anything, I'm trying to tell you, it ain't worth it.

Any advice for us, Michael?

You ain't got nothing in your pocket, do you?

This yours they gave you? Yeah. I'm going to need you to

dress up, sir. That's what he said.

Yes, sir. Let's go.

You got to keep this thing rolling.

You can keep your underwear.

I don't wear them.

Okay, that's fine. I'm a free-flowing man. Oh, I got you. That's fine. They're

out. All right.

You can go in there and change that for me, mom.

We got property, homeowner. We store everyone's property in.

We're getting animals in here.

They changed that for us.

I'm scared to put my son down in some nasty or something.

Yeah, another subject that needs to be...

I'm the one disabled.

I'm one of the screws messed up in the back.

I've got neck problems, you know, and here I am up here.

I'm trying to stay cool and calm here.

It's starting to get, see, I'm starting to get hot now.

I feel a sweat coming on.

I'm going to do that before my blood pressure goes up.

Before any of this happened, I was going to school to be a teacher.

But I haven't had a job for the past few months.

I've been living with my mom and my brother.

My mom's better with them.

I'm trying to get to react.

What happens if you don't get it? So if I can't get a handle on this, then she's

going to send me back up north for my dad to deal with me.

Like a bad act you can't stay away from.

That's always there.

It kind of docks you.

Are you feeling optimistic that it's going to work out?

Like 60-40?

I don't know, sir. I don't know.

I don't know how long ago that... Yes, sir.

Robert's family has been very concerned about him, so they had him transferred

to a medical facility for evaluation.

Your family worked with the court to get you evaluated, so you'll be leaving to a

medical facility.

It's a venture again.

Greatest honor with the church, the God-fearing man.

I believe in good man right.

Expect the same thing as that.

Just hope the Lord looks out after me, you know.

I had some blue shoes.

It was any kind of nicotine or anything like that. They would have distorted it.

It can't come in here because they don't have your name on it. It's considered

medication. I never get a chance to use it anyways.

Do you think you'll take any lessons from this experience going forward,

Kevin? That's a good question. Yes, here is a good change for me.

I think it'd be better if I just stopped drinking or just stopped drinking.

That's a good answer.

It's not right there for me. Just hang time. Maybe you should have a party at

your house. It might be better.

I'm on my way.

Thank you very much.

Any last thoughts?

Don't come to jail.

It's better off waking up early in the morning and remembering what you did.

Take care.

What news did you just get?

Do you need help or anything?

I just got this. Okay. And then my cup.

I don't have enough hands for my cup.

That's fine, okay. I'll try.

That's true.

Yes. Okay. That's the plan. All right. Love you. Be good, okay?

Don't go.

Bye.

Bye.

We get a lot of repeat people, and sometimes we do build a rapport with

them. She's been here before. I'm hoping she does well.

Do you think speaking in jail has helped you in any way?

I had a lot of encouragement from the girls, and some of them are way worse

off than I am.

What are you going to gain?

Hopefully I'll get some trust back.

All right.

Thank you.

Anything else you want to say?

Just don't be afraid to ask for help.

The hardest part.

And take it when it's offered.

Yep,

I'm going to walk you around first.

Oh, you don't.

This way.