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the transfer as well as five daysloss of commissary privileges, came as a result of an argument lucas had with a nurse. still, these sanctions are less severe than disciplinary segregation. but more painful to lucas is not knowing whether her boyfriend, james davis, is still in the jail or if he s been transferred to prison. i wrote james a letter. haven t got a letter back yet. who did you send it to? his mom. jail policy prohibits inmate-to-inmate communication, so lucas mails her letters to davis mother who forwards them to davis. last time i talked to him was last month when i got a letter from him. so i don t know if he s gone or if he s still here. i want him to know that i m here. i m not going nowhere. i m not going nowhere. i mean, people may say i should leave him alone, but i love him. he s got my heart. ....
Still kind of a shock. jail policy is to make sure that inmate who s have just suffered the emotional distress of a long sentence don t intent to harm themselves. so soon after her return, hilberling must meet with mental health staff. here you have to ask the inmates point blank, do you want to kill yourself? are you suicidal? do you have plans of harming yourself? i said, i wish i did. you know? it might make this easier. but i m okay. i ll be okay. she was ready to cry. she was holding back tears, trying to be stoic as best that she could after receiving a 25-year sentence. but she was cleared to go back to her general population unit. hilberling says she s made a conscious choice to view her future with optimism. i don t mean to sound all religious, but i think that s the whole point of faith is knowing that it can be a lot worse. somebody in the holding cell today was messing with me about ....
An argument lucas had with a nurse. still, these sanctions are less severe than disciplinary segregation. but more painful to lucas is not knowing whether her boyfriend, james davis, is still in the jail or if he s been transferred to prison. i wrote james a letter. haven t got a letter back yet. who did you send it to? his mom. jail policy prohibits inmate-to-inmate communication, so lucas mails her letters to davis mother who forwards them to davis. last time i talked to him was last month when i got a letter from him. so i don t know if he s gone or if he s still here. i want him to know that i m here. i m not going nowhere. i m not going nowhere. i mean, people may say i should leave him alone, but i love him. he s got my heart. i just want to tell him that i m here for him. ....
But eric olson, who arrived at tulsa county less than 24 hours earlier but proved to be a magnet for violence. in this surveillance footage, olson is talking to the pod officer when he is brutally attacked. inmate rafael gonzalez begins the assault. officer love immediately calls for backup and orders him to stop. gonzalez is then joined by another inmate, nava, and both men continue beating olson. jail policy prevents officer love from attempting to break up the fight on his own. but after a minute into the assault just before backup arrives, love s orders are finally heeded. nava and gonzalez are immediately placed in disciplinary segregation cells where they will be locked up 23 hours a day and lose all privileges. olson s injuries are too severe to be treated on-site and he will be transported to a local hospital. olson was not a random victim. he had been out of jail on bond, ....
Every day vans transport inmates between the tulsa county jail and nearby courthouses. for some, those trips are just another day of routine proceedings. but for others, they are journeys that will forever change their lives. such is the case for amber hilberling who has just returned to jail after being sentenced for the second-degree murder of her husband josh. i got sentenced to 25 years. i just stood up there and cried. i mean, i m all cried out now. i m still going to appeal it. but still kind of shocked. jail policy is to make sure that inmates who just suffered emotional distress of a long sentence don t intend to harm themselves. so soon after her return, ....