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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?

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