together to identify what this person really needs. and then trying to establish some kind of relationship with them so that we can continue getting them through the process. and that can be difficult for everybody. what i believe that mental illness is reaching epidemic proportions in our country. nobody wants to pay attention to it. but i think we re going to have to. and the clash between the criminal justice system and mental health is probably going to be the place where we eventually are going to say enough and try to come together and figure out a better system. while the mentally ill represent an increasingly high percentage of the population, most inmates wind up in jail due to their involvement with drugs. nicole boyce is one of the newest inmates in the female general population unit. i m detoxing from heroin, mdma, suboxone and adderall. you sweat a lot. you can t sleep. you take a shower to try and make the bugs stop crawling under your skin, but it doesn t help. the f
another inmate says she heard a similar story about monahan. what i heard was that somebody was giving her pills in exchange for her commissary. that s the word. but i don t know. so that s just the gossip. a few of the inmates said they heard the conversation. they didn t actually see anything with the medication between monahan and boyce. so we re going to follow up on that. private first class claiborne pulls brewer aside for questioning. ms. brewer. do you know anyone that s sharing medication? yes. the girl in 11. she is the one that gave sabrina the pill. where did she get the medication from? when the nurse come up, she the girl is supposed to open up and put it in her mouth. the nurse isn t paying attention. she ll switch on her tongue and go like this and then walk away. she sit at the table with us. i knew something wasn t right.
who is she? sabrina. she says woo, girl, i took that pill and i can t sleep. thank you. uh-huh. you can have a seat. the questioning continues with nicole boyce, who, according to inmate rumors, trade her medication to sabrina monahan for commissary snacks. did you share your medication with anyone? no. it s a sub lingual film that dissolves right away. you can t share it. it s something that dissolves with saliva. so you don t know if anyone is sharing medication? no. but you re not sharing medication. no. okay. you can step out. finally, sabrina monahan, who has attributed her odd behavior to having had too much coffee, is called in for questioning. how are you feeling today? i m feeling fine. i had no coffee. so the way you were feeling on tuesday was because of coffee?
it. and i was like, all right. according to sabrina monahan, who a week earlier was considered the new girl herself, boyce latched on to her right away. a lot of the girls are new here. i don t know, why but they like to talk to me. the first person they go for, for some reason. i guess i have that warming, welcoming way. even though i ve never done time in my life. but inmate ginger lucas describes monahan another way. she s gullible. this is her first time around, you know. she s gullible. so what do you see happening to her? getting used. thank you. watch your yeah, thanks. all the new people coming in here are flocking to me. i don t know why. hopefully it s not for my commissary. but that s another thing, a danger you ve got to watch out for. you get commissary, you re going to get a lot of enemies/friends. enemies meaning you tell them know, they re going to hate you.
the nurse ain t paying attention. she ll switch on her tongue and go like this and then walk away. she sit at the table with us. i knew something wasn t right. who is she? sabrina. she says woo, girl, i took that pill and i can t sleep. thank you. uh-huh. you can have a seat. the questioning continues with nicole boyce, who, according to inmate rumors, traded her medication to sabrina monahan for commissary snacks. did you share your medication with anyone? no. it s a sublingual film that dissolves right away. you can t share it. it s something that dissolves with saliva. so you don t know if anyone is sharing medication? no. but you re not sharing any medication? no. okay. you can step out. finally, sabrina monahan, who has attributed her odd behavior to having had too much coffee, is called in for questioning. how are you feeling today? i m feeling fine.