and then they left. i put the skirt on. and then, i cut open my pillow and i pull out the wig. it s the first time i ve ever seen it. i put it on. we had large sunglasses. this covered my face up in a legitimate way. i was amazed at how much more i looked like a woman. i think, my god, this can work. it s 1:40. i am all dressed. i have everything. i have my metal tag and my paper pass. i have to be out of the dorm by 1:45. i knew when i opened that door
i walked out the door. i got to the stairway. and i walked thinking, low center of gravity. you are a woman. you are a woman. i kept repeating this to myself. checkpoint four, there were two commandos. i held my metal tag up. the guards barely looked at it. i walked through. checkpoint three. this was where i exchanged the metal tag for the paper pass. the most difficult checkpoint.
i put the skirt on. and then, i cut open my pillow and i pull out the wig. it s the first time i ve ever seen it. i put it on. we had large sunglasses. this covered my face up in a legitimate way. i was amazed at how much more i looked like a woman. i think, my god, this can work. it s 1:40. i am all dressed. i have everything. i have my metal tag and my paper pass. i have to be out of the dorm by 1:45. i knew when i opened that door and walked out i would never be in this prison again.
color coded card and she filled in all of the information including his signature. she shows me the metal tag she had with her right now and i find the one that matches perfectly. you are ready. we wait for the 11:00 call. too nervous to do anything but just hold each other and intermittently cry. we know what the stakes are. 11:20. 11:30. come on. what s taking them so long. i know. if this goes on much longer, i will not have time to come
i then go on to checkpoint three. here i exchange the pass for a metal tag. these metal tags could be of four different shapes. the guard would write the number of the metal tag onto the paper pass and file it away, and then give her that tag. then i go to checkpoint four, the double gate. and i show the tag to get in the dorm. when i leave the dorm, i have to show the tag again. at checkpoint three, she would present a tag to the guard. he would go into his file of paper receipts and find the one that he had written that number on and he would hand it back to her. at checkpoint two, i hand back the pass to the guard who filled it out. he would then confirm that was his signature. so we need perfect copies of the pass. in all eight colors and be able to forge the guard s signature.