from the outside, the jail looks like a military bunker, with not a single window for inmates to see the outside. i guess my lifestyle on the streets, you know, running with gang and i don t know, stuff like that. you get caught up on the streets, you know, do a couple moves wrong, you end up in this place, you know. for 31-year-old inmate and active gang member jerry blake, being in jail is much harder on his family than it is on him. my mother is sick on insulin. she is sick and me being in here causing more stress doesn t help her much either. that s why i want to try hard not to come back here. i think it was let s see, it was three days ago. what s today s date?