Our daughter was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 45 days. She served her time in the local jail which also houses Federal inmates. It is a very well known national jail which has housed many high profile inmates.
She was issued one sports bra, one top, one bottom, one pair of socks, one piece of underwear and one pair of sneakers and slip-ons for the shower. One toothbrush/paste, the type you get for $1.00 at wallysworld for trips, a bar of non-description soap and one roll of toilet tissue. All others items for her personal use had to come from the commissary which had a minimum of $50.00 deposit, cash only. She received a check for the balance weeks after she was released.
She has medical issues that require daily meds. I had to bring down the actual bottle of medicine, the nurses took the info from the bottle, contacted the dr and then the jail issued her meds from their inventory. She was also charged for this. She also was on her period when she was booked. They do not have tampons. Female inmates are given pads.
Visitation was scheduled and happened in a room with plexiglas and phones. Extremely monitored as well. Out going phone calls had to be placed to a landline phone that had to be previously approved by the jail. Yes, they were also recorded as well as the visits.
She ended up only serving 36 days after they subtracted time for good behavior.
