laps, one for each card in her playing deck. hey, butcher. good morning. staying out of trouble? absolutely. butcher is well known at the orange county jail, not only as a frequent inmate but as a local roller derby star. my mom dragged me to a roller derby competition out in corona, so i went there, and who do i see but inmate tami butcher smashing and bashing as she rode around that roller rink. she is not aggressive in jail, but she was definitely aggressive on that roller rink, i ll have to say that. it s women just bashing other girls for sport value. it s fun. my roller derby name is hurt in a skirt. i ve been doing it for four years. it s a good way to relieve lot of tension. it s so much fun. i have broken both my collar bones. i ve also broke my hip. i broke my arm. yeah, it s very hard. it s rough.
tami butcher recently had a high when she was accepted into a drug rehabilitation program, but it quickly turned into a low when the judge denied her rehab request and sentenced her to prison instead.
and it has kept her revolving through prison and jail for the past nine years. i just kept getting busted, thinking, well, i m cool. i ve got this under wraps. i own this drug. it s not doing me. i m doing it. i was way off. butcher s latest probation violation occurred when she failed a drug test. she could be facing up to 16 months in prison, but that will be up to a judge to decide during an upcoming hearing. i m trying to find a program that will take me, see if i can write a whole bunch and get a response by friday. butcher hopes to convince the judge to let her try a drug rehabilitation program instead of prison. i don t want to go to prison. that s the easy way out. you know, six months of doing nothing, no programming, not doing anything, just sitting around, let the state take care of me. program s hard. probation s hard. and they say i got some good advice from a friend saying anything s worth it is worth trying, right? so i m going to do that route instead of
butcher is currently in jail for violating her probation on a drug possession and paraphernalia conviction applied the similar reckless abandon to her other career as a stripper. i went to work at this one club in anaheim, and i drank that night. five shots of jack to the head, and i fell off the pole. i didn t slow down at all. i did like this trick like a hover. i didn t even slow down at all. and i, bam, woke up in traction. the doctor s like you re never going to walk again. i m like you ve got me twisted. i don t know whose chart you re reading, but that s not mine. you know what i mean? paralyzed. give me a friggin break. if i can t shake my tail feather, then there s no reason to even breathe for real. butcher not only walked again, but says her medical bills were paid by the men in the audience that night. later, however, questions raised by her then 8-year-old daughter led her to end her stripping career.
depending on the news it brings, mail call can be one of the happiest or saddest times of day at the orange county jail. if i don t get mail every day, i get very upset. for tami butcher, today s delivery has brought some much needed hope. i got my letter of acceptance to the program that i was trying to get into. it says to tami butcher. you re right, tami. you are worth it. there s no reason why you can t be a good mother and a productive woman in life. you are more than welcome to come and obtain the tools needed to change your way of living. stay focused, tami. you re worth it. good luck. so, yeah, i ve been waiting for that for two and a half weeks now. yay. her acceptance into a drug rehabilitation program could enable butcher to set out on a new path. this is rad. it means i don t have to go to prison. that s the easy way. i m not going to run take the easy way. i m going to do the hard thing because anything worth it is worth working for. and i ve been sober before.