Don Simmers

Who is a commissioner?

Who is a commissioner?

I was put in there on July 11th for a probation violation. They actually picked me up out of treatment.

I was put in there on July 11th for a probation violation. They actually picked me up out of treatment.

All the time, you just hear somebody kicking on the bomb, bomb, bomb, kicking on the door. That's how you get the attention, you know what I mean? Because there's no button in there.

All the time, you just hear somebody kicking on the bomb, bomb, bomb, kicking on the door. That's how you get the attention, you know what I mean? Because there's no button in there.

You know, people really go there on purpose because they kind of leave you alone. Some people go to the hole and they're like, you can't punish me no more. I'm in the hole, so what are you going to do, write me up? Ooh, whoop-dee-doo, you know what I mean? The first time I went into the hole, it was basically a free-for-all. It was out of control.

You know, people really go there on purpose because they kind of leave you alone. Some people go to the hole and they're like, you can't punish me no more. I'm in the hole, so what are you going to do, write me up? Ooh, whoop-dee-doo, you know what I mean? The first time I went into the hole, it was basically a free-for-all. It was out of control.

Me being the addict I am, you know, you put me in jail and everybody's in there getting high, especially my celly. You know, I'm subject to get high myself.

Me being the addict I am, you know, you put me in jail and everybody's in there getting high, especially my celly. You know, I'm subject to get high myself.

Slowly, they started cracking down. First, they just come in, they shake us up, you know, at nighttime they come in and, uh, See what the problem is.

Slowly, they started cracking down. First, they just come in, they shake us up, you know, at nighttime they come in and, uh, See what the problem is.

They started shaking us down day after day. Then they started taking some of our clothes. Then they took our paperwork. Then they took everything.

They started shaking us down day after day. Then they started taking some of our clothes. Then they took our paperwork. Then they took everything.

I ain't gotta lie, they slowed all the smoking down a little bit, but it didn't stop.

I ain't gotta lie, they slowed all the smoking down a little bit, but it didn't stop.

You're putting people back there with nothing to do. You know, you got nothing, really, you know what I mean? And it's just, it can be mind-boggling. So what do you do? You sit there in your head all day. Now you tell me, is that good for somebody that's already dead? Mentally distressed, like, it can't be. I think they was just using it as a tool to make us suffer, you know what I mean?

You're putting people back there with nothing to do. You know, you got nothing, really, you know what I mean? And it's just, it can be mind-boggling. So what do you do? You sit there in your head all day. Now you tell me, is that good for somebody that's already dead? Mentally distressed, like, it can't be. I think they was just using it as a tool to make us suffer, you know what I mean?

Because they couldn't control the contraband in their jail, so we suffer for it.

Because they couldn't control the contraband in their jail, so we suffer for it.