My Jail tour

My Jail tour

My Jail tour took place on Thursday may 1st of 2008 at the Century Regional Detention Facility of Lynwood at 8:45am.   I was very exited and nervous about the tour.   I did not know what I was going to see and experience.   I had no idea.   When I think of a jail I think I am going to see what you normally see in movies.   Something like a dirty, smelly place with dark and shady characters walking around.   Not a very pleasant thought.   Well the day finally came.   There where four of us waiting in the front area.   After about twenty minutes both officer’s Jackson and Rodarte came out.   They asked us to sign some waivers before we began the tour.   After that the first thing we had to do was trade in our I.D.’s for some passes.   The first stop was the booking area.   They showed us the little rooms where they keep them and they can make collect calls from. Then where they take their photo.   The last stop there was the holding area.   Everyone there had blankets because they said it gets real cold in there.   I was not aware that this jail was for female only.   The males get transferred after around two days. The next area was the east building.   On this side they keep the most disturbed inmates and including the one that are faking any kind of sickness.   They showed us the medical area also. I was surprised that they also had a dentist. The only bad thing about that was that if you complain about at tooth ache they just pull the tooth out.   They have no supplies to fill in cavities.   After that we visited the actual jail cells.   We visited a vacant area.   There where two beds a sink and a toilet. I believe he said eight foot by nine was the size of each cell.   Then we visited the west side.   On the west side the inmates have more self control.   We where able to visit while all the inmates are out of their cells walking around.   Some would watch television and they also had a vending machine to buy snacks.   On this side it was a little nicer.   They had porcelain sinks and...