Carolyn Arellano

I'm looking around. I'm back in the reception area. I'm like, fuck, I really did leave and I'm back here. So I'm in prison and they're like, well, first when they welcomed me at the gates, I called. I'm like on speakerphone. I'm like, hey, I ran away from the halfway house two weeks ago. This is my prison ID number. I'm at the front gates. They're like, what do you mean?

I'm looking around. I'm back in the reception area. I'm like, fuck, I really did leave and I'm back here. So I'm in prison and they're like, well, first when they welcomed me at the gates, I called. I'm like on speakerphone. I'm like, hey, I ran away from the halfway house two weeks ago. This is my prison ID number. I'm at the front gates. They're like, what do you mean?

I'm looking around. I'm back in the reception area. I'm like, fuck, I really did leave and I'm back here. So I'm in prison and they're like, well, first when they welcomed me at the gates, I called. I'm like on speakerphone. I'm like, hey, I ran away from the halfway house two weeks ago. This is my prison ID number. I'm at the front gates. They're like, what do you mean?

I'm like, open the door, open the gates. So they checked me right in, end up in that reception area. I wake up. And my sister-in-law was back in there. And I'm like, what are you doing in here? Because she had went off to another part of the prison. She's like, what are you doing in here? I was like, well, I was just gone for the last two weeks. She's like, are you crazy?

I'm like, open the door, open the gates. So they checked me right in, end up in that reception area. I wake up. And my sister-in-law was back in there. And I'm like, what are you doing in here? Because she had went off to another part of the prison. She's like, what are you doing in here? I was like, well, I was just gone for the last two weeks. She's like, are you crazy?

I'm like, open the door, open the gates. So they checked me right in, end up in that reception area. I wake up. And my sister-in-law was back in there. And I'm like, what are you doing in here? Because she had went off to another part of the prison. She's like, what are you doing in here? I was like, well, I was just gone for the last two weeks. She's like, are you crazy?

Like, you're not leaving prison. maximum security now. And I'm like, oh, I don't think I thought about that. So end up waking up, you know, spending those two weeks, my sister-in-law or my daughter's aunt had gotten into a fight or something. That's why she was back in reception. We ended up getting put again in the same place on the same wing.

Like, you're not leaving prison. maximum security now. And I'm like, oh, I don't think I thought about that. So end up waking up, you know, spending those two weeks, my sister-in-law or my daughter's aunt had gotten into a fight or something. That's why she was back in reception. We ended up getting put again in the same place on the same wing.

Like, you're not leaving prison. maximum security now. And I'm like, oh, I don't think I thought about that. So end up waking up, you know, spending those two weeks, my sister-in-law or my daughter's aunt had gotten into a fight or something. That's why she was back in reception. We ended up getting put again in the same place on the same wing.

Um, you know, obviously during that time, those two weeks I was in there, I had, um, you know, I was like getting rid of the tobacco, you know, getting rid of pretty much that was it. I really did keep the pills for myself because I was like, I need to sleep like the next two months away.

Um, you know, obviously during that time, those two weeks I was in there, I had, um, you know, I was like getting rid of the tobacco, you know, getting rid of pretty much that was it. I really did keep the pills for myself because I was like, I need to sleep like the next two months away.

Um, you know, obviously during that time, those two weeks I was in there, I had, um, you know, I was like getting rid of the tobacco, you know, getting rid of pretty much that was it. I really did keep the pills for myself because I was like, I need to sleep like the next two months away.

Um, But that's when I really I feel like I started my prison prison sentence because now I'm stuck in maximum security. I'm high risk. And me going down to that little area where they had the cottages and the job like that was no more. No, as a matter of fact, I think I spent two weeks in solitary confinement. I think when I got out because I had to get punished for obviously leaving.

Um, But that's when I really I feel like I started my prison prison sentence because now I'm stuck in maximum security. I'm high risk. And me going down to that little area where they had the cottages and the job like that was no more. No, as a matter of fact, I think I spent two weeks in solitary confinement. I think when I got out because I had to get punished for obviously leaving.

Um, But that's when I really I feel like I started my prison prison sentence because now I'm stuck in maximum security. I'm high risk. And me going down to that little area where they had the cottages and the job like that was no more. No, as a matter of fact, I think I spent two weeks in solitary confinement. I think when I got out because I had to get punished for obviously leaving.

But, yeah, so I pretty much made like the next year. a lot harder on myself than it needed to be because I had freedom. I was so close to having a regular job. But honestly, for me, and I know this sounds crazy, but I knew I could only do prison in prison. I couldn't do prison in a halfway house. I don't know why, but I needed...

But, yeah, so I pretty much made like the next year. a lot harder on myself than it needed to be because I had freedom. I was so close to having a regular job. But honestly, for me, and I know this sounds crazy, but I knew I could only do prison in prison. I couldn't do prison in a halfway house. I don't know why, but I needed...

But, yeah, so I pretty much made like the next year. a lot harder on myself than it needed to be because I had freedom. I was so close to having a regular job. But honestly, for me, and I know this sounds crazy, but I knew I could only do prison in prison. I couldn't do prison in a halfway house. I don't know why, but I needed...

I felt like I needed that solitude and I needed to not have that mix of being home. If that makes sense.

I felt like I needed that solitude and I needed to not have that mix of being home. If that makes sense.