I've spent two years in prison relaying stories sent by letters to a blogger about my crimes, arrests, and life in four Florida prisons, the Pinellas County Jail, juvenile detention and drug rehab. I'm sending a message to others not to make the same mistakes I did.


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Transfer update

A couple of weeks ago, Ted was approved for work release camp. He was able to pick two camps - both are in Pinellas County, where Ted lives.

Yesterday, Ted transferred to the main facility at Lancaster and from there went to RMC-Main in Lake Butler, Florida. You may remember that Lake Butler had the filthy cells and was overrun with bugs. The facility is an adult prison, not just for youthful offenders. Hopefully, he should be there only a week.

He doesn't know which work release camp he will be transferred to yet.

I called Lake Butler yesterday and was told Ted can receive visits on Saturdays and Sundays. He supposedly can make phone calls on any day of the week, I was told on the phone.  Ted had told me that phone calls could only be made on the weekends and the lines to use the phones were very long.

I asked Ted why he needed to be taken to Lake Butler at all and why he couldn't just be transferred to the work release camp. He said they needed to do medical check-ups on inmates before they reached their final destinations.

Another young man was sent to a work release camp in another county. Someone put a razor blade in his food and he now had a long scar down his torso from having to have stomach surgery to remove it. He was sent back to Lancaster work camp.

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