Austin Fisk mops his cell in the Special Management Module at the Boulder County Jail on Friday. He shares his room, meant as a single, with another inmate, who sleeps in the plastic bed on the floor. This module, which houses inmates with special needs, was built to contain 16 people. As of Friday morning, 25 men were housed there.
Or how about this dorm:
Albert Luna Jr. reads a magazine in his top bunk in Dormitory D at the Boulder County Jail on Friday. The dorm was built for 40 people, but as of Friday morning it held 50. Some single bunks had to be built into doubles to accommodate more people.
And get this... our jail just had an addition built last year. Doesn't make you feel too good about the state of the world, does it? Luckily, this assignment isn't as bad as it looks. The inmates are usually happy to have any attention, and since I was escorted around by the jail commander, no one even so much as looked at me funny. Although Austin called me "sweetheart," ha ha. Actually, for whatever reason, I've always had an interest in the correctional system. And maybe because I'm such a restless person, who can barely stand to stay at home when I'm sick, I'm morbidly fascinated with the horror of being locked up. I know I couldn't stand it. I'd be driving people nuts by constantly pacing and doing pushups or something.
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