Our friend called tonight, and sounded much better than she did Tuesday. Not "good"--she still sounds timid and uncertain--but "better". They won't let her see her address book so it's a good thing she can remember our phone number; there are other people she'd like to call but when you're used to having contacts in your cell phone, how many numbers do you remember?
They will release her at either 5am or 7pm on the 15th, with no indication which it will be. Given that we're trying to arrange her plane tickets, I 'd have to say that the system is not as user-friendly as it could be. Not that they're going out of their way to make it difficult, but they're also not going out of their way to make it easy either. I think a little more servility on the part of our public servants would be a good thing.
Good news is that she's sounding better. And while the official rule is one book a week, she said she's finished two novels in the past two days, so that's good. We've ordered a couple more for her.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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Quite a few of our 'public servants' think that means 'serve yourself from the public trough'. Not all, and I pity the few bright, honest, and hard working sorts that are slowly crushed to a death of spirit by the system. They're the only reason it works at all.
My heart goes out to her. To people who have made a terrible mistake, jail is a nightmare, whereas to the truly bad, it's nowhere near punishment enough.
I hope that in her case, they temper justice with a hefty dollop of mercy.
Hopefully she'll be able to put this behind her, and her record won't damage her life permanently.
Having friends like you helps. Thanks for being yourselves.
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