20 Minutes Detention
20 minutes
that is 120 weeks in prison
2 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and
20 minutes to get locked up
20 minutes to fingerprint you
20 minutes to process you
120 weeks in prison is
2 years, 3 months, 2 weeks
and 20 minutes.
20 minutes was longer than it took to get lost
120 weeks
42 days before court gave me
120 weeks - 6 weeks in the hole before trial.
6 weeks in the hole with 3 minute shower timer
week four got me in the deeper hole
I met my 10th grade teacher in the hole
23/1 is no joke. turning 10th grade was prison.
I was 790 weeks old.
15% of my life at age 15 was put in the whole. thats more than half a quarter of my life that was decided because I rubbed a child.
that 120 weeks was not fun, but I was the queerest girl in moolock lodge. I got raped, I almost got sent to a group home. all in 120 weeks - the 6 weeks
lets do some more solitary - add the last 5 weeks, add 15 weeks lets call it 20 weeks so
26 weeks doing 23+1 solitary punishment
is almost 6 months
in solitairy confinement
what was your first detention experience?
Copyright © Lyra Pendragon | Year Posted 2021
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