every year about 55,000 men and women pass through the booking department of the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati. i got a pair in my purse. most will be released within hours. but for those who stay the jail will become their home for an indefinite period of time. the job of keeping it clean falls to inmate workers, known here as porters, like tomas schiele. in jail i mean i am somebody. in here i feel needed, i guess. i have a purpose.
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for some inmates at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, even incarceration can t put a damper on vanity. this [ bleep ] hurts. i m not going to lie. but maintaining personal style in jail takes a little creativity. i m about to dye half of allison s hair with crystal light. some people use cool aid. but the cool aid here has sugar added so it doesn t hold. i just mix wit a tiny bit of water. usually like 10 packs probably. it becomes like, almost like a paste. i do nail, hair, makeup at least two or three times a day. if not my own, somebody else s. it takes me out of this place a little.
your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. inside the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, it s only been a few days since don lips was the victim of assault after he confronted chris lackey about allegedly extorting other inmates. the attack left lips with five staples in the back of his head. but lips says he has no regrets.
when an inmate is booked into jail at the hamilton county justice center in cincinnati, they can expect to be dressed in a jail-provided jump suit like everyone else. but it s a different story when it comes to their shoes. the policy is inmates coming in can keep their shoes provided that there is nothing in them or large quantities of metal on them that could possibly be a risk to staff. the policy is in place so that we don t have to pay as an agency for everybody that comes in to have a pair of sandals or shower shoes or provide them with other shoes. one inmate has taken personal style further than most. my every day shoes. these boots just are not made for walking. as one of the few transgender inmates at the jail, edward burkes is housed in one of two male protect ifr custody or pc units, which are reserved for