when you get out though i m not no, whatever it is. no alcohol? oh, heck no, i m done. no, i m not coming back. how can you guarantee that? if i stay away from certain places i can t guarantee it. that s the answer i m looking for. there s no guarantees. that s what i m looking for. exactly. i want it but that s what i was looking for. that was the answer i was trying to get out of her. she can t guarantee that. every day is going to be an issue for her. i keep thinking i can once in a while go out and have a drink. i can t do that. if i think i can go back and do that right. i m stupid. i do belong here. as she awaits her release, gallorini must also contemplate how to deal with what she describes as a sex addiction. lately, she s been cultivating some new relationships with younger men. i have a pen pal, another guy that s been writing me from another jail. yeah, he s written me some pretty juicy letters. he s been in jail for a long time.
plea deal with prosecutors. this is my third dui. this is somebody is telling me something, you know. next time i could have killed somebody. i m grateful that i m here, i really am. and i plan on turning my life around. i really do. i had a family, but i messed it all up. drugs, alcohol. divorce. you know, my kids my kids i d see the sadness in their eyes. they d be like, mom, are you drinking? don t drink, i hate when you drink. they ve seen me go to rehab after rehab, you know. but i always thought i had it all under control. but look at my life. i had a lot. i had a business, i had homes. all of that. i had a flower shop. i had so many opportunities. and because of my drinking, i lost everything. in jail, gallorini has replaced drinking with poetry. my heart has been broken, my soul has been sold. pick up the pieces of this
i usually uncover them in the morning before inspection. i didn t have a chance to do that. and also she took off her inmate wristband. last night it was really irritating me for some reason. just kept scratching my skin. so i just figured i would take it off when i was sleeping and put it back on when i woke up. but i didn t have time to do that. this is the source we use for identification of all inmates. they cannot leave the block if they do not have a wristband. because they could tell us they re anyone. sergeant smith presents gallorini with her write-ups. for each of those charges you can get up to 15 days of disciplinary segregation. they can also take privileges. commissary, visitation, programs, anything like that. thank you. yes, ma am. alrighty. have a good day. all right, you too. gallorini will have a disciplinary hearing within the next 24 hours, which will determine how much time, if any, she will have in disciplinary segregation. likedministrative seg
patricia gallorini was getting time on the exercise equipment the jail has in its minimum security housing units. gallorini is not a typical older lady. she likes to work out. nice to see someone using the gym because so many of them sleep all day long. it s nice to see someone get up and exercise. now gallorini is getting her exercise in the jail s prerelease center following a short trial. she was found not guilty of eluding police, but she was convicted for driving under the influence. it was gallorini s third such conviction. but since the prior two were out of state this one was treated as a first conviction. still, she received a maximum sentence. and most people only get 15 days. i got nine months. gallorini may only serve half the sentence before she is released on probation. and with three and a half months already served, she will be out of jail in about a month. during her stay here, she has confided to master deputy sheriff hamilton about her struggles with alcohol.
over in the women s wing, change is also on patricia gallorini s mind. when people go to jail, you hope that s the last straw. right? to help you change. to me, it s either this or death. if i pick up the alcohol, i ll be right back in here. when i walk out these doors, i want to put it all behind me. gallorini is currently awaiting trial for driving under the influence and some related charges. she has two prior convictions for driving under the influence. and hopes to reach a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid prison time. gallorini admits to missing alcohol but now jail has triggered another craving. it s horrible. especially if you re as sexual as i am. it s like a nightmare. it s like a sex addiction, i guess you would call it. she s loud. she was telling us some stories about herself and everything. i heard her. she a cougar.