Charlie Hartman

Like, I know I'm going to fuck this up.

Like, I know this is not going to end well for me. I have a 20-year spending sentence, and this is not going to end well for me.

Like, I know this is not going to end well for me. I have a 20-year spending sentence, and this is not going to end well for me.

Like, I know this is not going to end well for me. I have a 20-year spending sentence, and this is not going to end well for me.

I could do the 20, plus if I catch new charges, they can enhance the sentence.

I could do the 20, plus if I catch new charges, they can enhance the sentence.

I could do the 20, plus if I catch new charges, they can enhance the sentence.

See, Florida has the craziest law ever. You ever heard of the Reoffender Act in Florida? No. No. So this is how it works. So if you get out of prison in Florida, within three years of you getting out, you catch any charge, they can ten times your recommended sentence. So you could end up 85% of people that are in Florida's system right now are on probation violations. It's not new charges.

See, Florida has the craziest law ever. You ever heard of the Reoffender Act in Florida? No. No. So this is how it works. So if you get out of prison in Florida, within three years of you getting out, you catch any charge, they can ten times your recommended sentence. So you could end up 85% of people that are in Florida's system right now are on probation violations. It's not new charges.

See, Florida has the craziest law ever. You ever heard of the Reoffender Act in Florida? No. No. So this is how it works. So if you get out of prison in Florida, within three years of you getting out, you catch any charge, they can ten times your recommended sentence. So you could end up 85% of people that are in Florida's system right now are on probation violations. It's not new charges.

They call it a burglary charge, which would usually be like five years, right? Well, now they're going to get 15, 20 years on top of whatever their violations are because it's a system to make money.

They call it a burglary charge, which would usually be like five years, right? Well, now they're going to get 15, 20 years on top of whatever their violations are because it's a system to make money.

They call it a burglary charge, which would usually be like five years, right? Well, now they're going to get 15, 20 years on top of whatever their violations are because it's a system to make money.

Because, you know, the state, that's how, I mean, U28395 made them a lot of money. That was my prison. I made them a lot of money every time. That's the reason they do prison counts in Florida three times a day. Because every time that they count your number, they're billing the state. So I'm like, man, I know this is not going to work out. I got to figure something out.

Because, you know, the state, that's how, I mean, U28395 made them a lot of money. That was my prison. I made them a lot of money every time. That's the reason they do prison counts in Florida three times a day. Because every time that they count your number, they're billing the state. So I'm like, man, I know this is not going to work out. I got to figure something out.

Because, you know, the state, that's how, I mean, U28395 made them a lot of money. That was my prison. I made them a lot of money every time. That's the reason they do prison counts in Florida three times a day. Because every time that they count your number, they're billing the state. So I'm like, man, I know this is not going to work out. I got to figure something out.

So I end up, I'm trying to go back home to Virginia. It was the original plan. But they tell me, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. You have to transfer your probation. I'm not from here. They're like, well, you got to pick somewhere to go. What do you mean? I don't live here. They're like, well, pick a county, pick somewhere to go, find a halfway house, figure something.

So I end up, I'm trying to go back home to Virginia. It was the original plan. But they tell me, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. You have to transfer your probation. I'm not from here. They're like, well, you got to pick somewhere to go. What do you mean? I don't live here. They're like, well, pick a county, pick somewhere to go, find a halfway house, figure something.

So I end up, I'm trying to go back home to Virginia. It was the original plan. But they tell me, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. You have to transfer your probation. I'm not from here. They're like, well, you got to pick somewhere to go. What do you mean? I don't live here. They're like, well, pick a county, pick somewhere to go, find a halfway house, figure something.

So I ended up basically ended up coming to St. Pete because I had a friend that I knew lived in St. Pete. And I couldn't end up staying there. I ended up staying in a shelter for two days until I could meet my probation officer. Oh, that sucks. So you're fresh out of prison. You're thinking, oh, man, now I'm in a shelter. These guys are doing more drugs than they were on the street.