i was starting to think that people were possessing my and my son s body. it wasn t crystal meth, i ll tell you that. it was bad news. i was trying to tell the cops, and you know how they say the truth will set you free? no, the truth be getting you in trouble. they got my son taken and got me locked up. stout-barstow says her drug use began a couple of years earlier, and now she s not only in jail, her son is in foster care. everything is probably for the best, but it sucks that my son has to go through the emotional damage. i can get over it, but i m not sure that my son will be able to. and my son right now, they won t even tell him that i m in jail. he probably thinks that i just up and left him and ain t coming back. i try not to think about it, because there ain t nothing i can do while i m in here. i try really hard not to think about it and maybe that s why i m so happy. we re going to start with your flour.
taryn stout-barstow has made the best of her 90 days at santa rita as well. i m really happy with the results here at the santa rita jail. we have good stuff going on. stout-barstow was convicted of child endangerment after police reported finding her acting e ratically at an electronics store with her 6-year-old son in tow. before jail, stout-barstow worked as a stripper, whose stage name was nicki. i actually started out when i was 17 in alaska, dancing. stripping or whatever. she says one of her tattoos earned her extra tips. that bottom one says doggy style. makes you more money at the club. makeup played a big role in converting stout-barstow into nicki. now she only has access to it in her cosmetology class. but back at her bunk, she makes do with the things she is allowed to have. this is my little makeup case that i be using, right?
possession. take any one that s open. thank you. you re welcome. her bunk is right next to a more seasoned inmate, taryn stout-barstow, who quickly points out the housing unit s social divide. it s not that bad in here. i hope not. we call this right here piedmont. this is the good side of the pod. over there is east oakland. you don t want to kick it that way. the further you go this way, the ghettoer it gets. this is more of the it s a trail park down here! right here! living up [ bleep ]! up in the park. you calling us white trash? what s your name? laney. nice to meet you. you too. it s fun. just stay close this way. i will. i ll stay very close. you can t really
so inmate laney markert, last night around midnight, she was cited out. you re released out on your own recognizance. they give you a piece of paper with a court date on it, usually 30 days out. you sign it, saying you understand that, you ve been told that. that way if you don t show, the judge then puts a warrant out for your arrest for not showing up to court on your hearing. i wouldn t say inmate markert is scared straight. she didn t even stay one night in jail. she will need real help. no matter how much we offer people, they have to want it. what s your name? laney? nice to meet you. you too. in the hours markert spent in jail, she became friends with taryn stout-barstow, who took it upon herself to show markert the ropes. i m taking applications for a best friend, okay? but just a few bunks down, summer payne seemed annoyed by the budding friendship and still does. she had to feel stupid, though. she had to feel stupid.
well, it s a vocational class, introductory to cosmetology. they can graduate with a certificate of completion once they ve completed the course. it takes approximately three months to go through that. they can then, hopefully, are inspired to continue the education on the outside so that they can earn the hours that they need. the purpose of soaking the nails is to soften the cuticles. so you want to shape the nails first and then soak them. taryn stout-barstow is open to being a cosmetologist, but admits to another motive for taking the class. when i m pretty, i feel better about myself and it makes me happy. pretty people get what they want, pretty much. like if you re ugly, you don t get as much stuff as do you if you re pretty.