Embarassing tidbit here, but I had a juvie record as a teen. (I have been a good law abiding citizen and no record since turning 18 lol) Prisons are far better and allow much more freedom then what I went through in that jail. The juvenile jail I was in, the cells looked identical to that pic, it made my stomach turn when I seen it just now as it brought back a really bad time in my life. Same amount of space, same walls, same COLD metal toilet/sink, same 'bed'. (the mattress was a thin, cold blue slab of vinyl or plastic, about 2 inches thick) No pillow, one shear sheet over the cold blue mattress and only one paper thin, gray, scratchy blanket. This all had to be rolled up and neatly folded at one end when you werent sleeping and you could only sit on the bare cement slab. The last time I was there at the age of 17, I spent 3 months locked up. It is basically solitary confinement. I was allowed nothing in my cell except a book, I could never leave my cell except to go to meals 3 times a day which lasted 20 min each time, and there was no talking to anyone at any time, not even allowed to look at someone. The only other time we were allowed out of our cells was a one hour recreation time in which you could sit at a table and talk to only the people beside you, or play basketball. (this was the only time, within a 24 hr period you could ever look another inmate in the eye or speak to them) Then to brush your teeth and shower which had to be done in about 5 minutes and you stood there butt naked in front of everyone waiting in line for your turn. You washed your hair with handsoap from a wall dispenser and brushed your teeth with paste you couldnt even get a sud bubble from. The only window was too high up to look out of and was very tiny, with several bars blocking most of the view. There was a solid cement door with a tiny window at the top that you could not see out of. (guards could see you in it tho) So, you pooped and peed and they could walk by and look in at you at anytime.
It seems Casey's life right now is pretty similiar to what I went through. Except that she has a large clear wall that she can see out of. It was an unimaginable hell that makes my stomach sick just thinking about. Any bit of sanity or reasonable thought is very hard to hold onto in that kind of environment. Especially for someone so young. For a
normal person, this would be complete horror and torture. (which is what one deserves if they murder thier child imo) I cannot comprehend how she can bear it but then again I dont know how the mind of a sociopath works.
