Amika Moda

She walked from the rehab facility to a rental car agency and rented a black, double-cab Chevy with a cap on the back.

On the day that would become the day of the accident, she ended up at Huntington Beach off Highway 1.

She was running out of gas.

All of that led to this moment in prison, in isolation.

It had been more than a year since she'd seen her kids.

In isolation, there was a toilet and a colony of mice who ran through the ceiling.

She'd be let out to an outdoor cage called the dog run for an hour.

Every few days, she'd put her hand through a slot in the door to be cuffed to take into a shower.

There were no phone calls.

Her food was slid to her through the slot in the door for 45 days.

she made a promise to herself to never be sent back to the shoe.

So she built a wall around her, a wall between her and everyone she'd loved.

When she was returned back to her cell, she opened up her locker, and there were the pictures of Milo, Soleil, and Blossom.

More Fire Escape after the break.

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Welcome back to Snap Judgment.

This is Fire Escape.

The story of a woman whose world burned down.

And then she learned to fight fire from behind bars.

Friends on the outside who she thought would support her stopped writing her back.